Patents by Inventor Masayuki MINAKATA

Masayuki MINAKATA 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: 20230414144
    Abstract: A living body sensor according to the present invention is a living body sensor configured to be attached to a living body and obtain a biological signal. The living body sensor includes a housing; a base provided on a living body side of the housing; and an electrode provided at a surface of the base on the living body side. A breaking elongation percentage of the base is 30% to 500%, and a coefficient of static friction of the electrode is 3.0 to 7.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Masayuki MINAKATA
  • Publication number: 20230103591
    Abstract: A conductive composition includes a binding resin and a conductive polymer, wherein the conductive polymer has a quinoid structure and a benzoid structure, and wherein a ratio of a half-width value of a peak intensity corresponding to the benzoid structure to a half width of a peak intensity corresponding to the quinoid structure in Raman spectra obtained by Raman spectroscopy is 0.5 to 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventor: Masayuki MINAKATA
  • Publication number: 20220192569
    Abstract: A biosensor according to the present invention includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer to be affixed to a biological surface; an electrode arranged to be capable of contacting the biological surface on a side of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer to be affixed to the biological surface; an electronic device configured to process a biological signal obtained via the electrode; and a circuit part connecting the electrode and the electronic device, wherein the electrode has a connecting surface connected to the circuit part on a side affixed to the biological surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Masayuki MINAKATA, Ryoma YOSHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20220160278
    Abstract: An electrode joining structure includes: a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having an affixing surface to be affixed to a test subject; an electrode containing a conductive polymer having elasticity, and configured to be exposed from the affixing surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; a base material layer provided to be overlaid on a surface opposite to the affixing surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and having tackiness represented by a maximum diameter from among diameters of steel balls that stop in a ball rolling method called J. Dow ball tack, the maximum diameter being greater than or equal to 0.4 mm and less than or equal to 4 mm; a substrate provided on the base material layer; a wire provided on the substrate and connected to the electrode; and a joining part joining the electrode and the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Ryoma YOSHIOKA, Masayuki MINAKATA
  • Publication number: 20220142540
    Abstract: An electrode according to the present invention contains a conductive polymer; a binder resin; and a plasticizing agent, wherein the electrode has a plate shape having a pair of principal surfaces parallel to each other, and wherein a ratio of a content of the plasticizing agent to a content of the conductive polymer being 0.5 to 500.0 in a surface part of the electrode located at less than or equal to 1 ?m from a surface of the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Masayuki MINAKATA, Ryoma YOSHIOKA
  • Patent number: 11274231
    Abstract: A stickable-curable adhesive sheet bonds a deformation/conversion device to an adherend. The stickable-curable adhesive sheet contains a stickable-curable adhesive component and a curing component curing the stickable-curable adhesive component. The stickable-curable adhesive component has pressure-sensitive adhesiveness before curing and the initial tensile elastic modulus at 25° C. of the stickable-curable adhesive sheet after curing is 5×108 Pa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiko Tanaka, Keisuke Shimokita, Kenichi Okada, Masayuki Minakata
  • Patent number: 10415132
    Abstract: A method for producing a metal oxide-polymer laminate, including preparing a polymer layer, and forming a metal oxide layer on a surface of the polymer layer by an aerosol deposition method so that at least a portion of the metal oxide layer is embedded in the polymer layer in a thickness direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Popovici, Keita Mine, Masayuki Minakata, Toshitaka Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10370756
    Abstract: A method for producing a metal oxide-polymer laminate, including preparing a polymer layer, and forming a metal oxide layer on a surface of the polymer layer by an aerosol deposition method so that at least a portion of the metal oxide layer is embedded in the polymer layer in a thickness direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Popovici, Keita Mine, Masayuki Minakata, Toshitaka Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10201809
    Abstract: There is provided a photocatalyst sheet comprising a base material and a photocatalyst layer containing at least a photocatalyst, wherein the photocatalyst layer is firmly adhered to the base material. In an embodiment, there is provided a photocatalyst sheet comprising a base material; and a photocatalyst layer that contains at least a photocatalyst, and is formed on at least one surface of the base material through an aerosol deposition method. This photocatalyst sheet has an excellent photocatalytic activity and an excellent adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ozaki, Masayuki Minakata, Keita Mine, Daniel Popovici, Toshitaka Nakamura, Tao Gu, Brett T. Harding, Takuya Fukumura, Guang Pan, Ekambaram Sambandan, Rajesh Mukherjee
  • Publication number: 20190016925
    Abstract: A stickable-curable adhesive sheet bonds a deformation/conversion device to an adherend. The stickable-curable adhesive sheet contains a stickable-curable adhesive component and a curing component curing the stickable-curable adhesive component. The stickable-curable adhesive component has pressure-sensitive adhesiveness before curing and the initial tensile elastic modulus at 25° C. of the stickable-curable adhesive sheet after curing is 5×108 Pa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Akiko TANAKA, Keisuke SHIMOKITA, Kenichi OKADA, Masayuki MINAKATA
  • Publication number: 20160319420
    Abstract: A metal oxide-polymer laminate includes a polymer layer, and a metal oxide layer laminated on a surface of the polymer layer and formed by an aerosol deposition method. At least a portion of the metal oxide layer is embedded in the polymer layer in a thickness direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel POPOVICI, Keita MINE, Masayuki MINAKATA, Toshitaka NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160158738
    Abstract: There is provided a photocatalyst sheet comprising a base material and a photocatalyst layer containing at least a photocatalyst, wherein the photocatalyst layer is firmly adhered to the base material. In an embodiment, there is provided a photocatalyst sheet comprising a base material; and a photocatalyst layer that contains at least a photocatalyst, and is formed on at least one surface of the base material through an aerosol deposition method. This photocatalyst sheet has an excellent photocatalytic activity and an excellent adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi Ozaki, Masayuki Minakata, Keita Mine, Daniel Popovici, Toshitaka Nakamura, Tao Gu, Brett T. Harding, Takuya Fukumura, Guang Pan, Ekambaram Sambandan, Rajesh Mukherjee
  • Publication number: 20150147565
    Abstract: A metal oxide-polymer laminate includes a polymer layer, and a metal oxide layer laminated on a surface of the polymer layer and formed by an aerosol deposition method. At least a portion of the metal oxide layer is embedded in the polymer layer in a thickness direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel POPOVICI, Keita MINE, Masayuki MINAKATA, Toshitaka NAKAMURA