Patents by Inventor Nobuo Kimura
Nobuo Kimura 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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Patent number: 7776403Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an organic thin film, which enables rapid film formation, and enables a dense organic thin film with minimal impurities to be formed stably, and in a plurality of consecutive repetitions. The present invention provides a method for producing an organic thin film in which an organic thin film is formed on the surface of a substrate, including a step (A) of bringing the substrate into contact with an organic solvent solution containing a metal-based surfactant having at least one hydrolyzable group, and a catalyst capable of interacting with the metal-based surfactant, wherein the water content within the organic solvent solution is either set or maintained within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2004Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuo Kimura, Yoshitaka Fujita, Norifumi Nakamoto, Tomoya Hidaka
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Publication number: 20100200157Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a molding sheet for forming a hard coat layer having an excellent shelf life or tracking ability to the mold in a semi-cured state, and having an excellent abrasion resistance after being cured completely, a molded body having a hard coat layer, and a method for manufacturing the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2008Publication date: August 12, 2010Inventors: Nobuo Kimura, Hiromoto Shibata, Kazuki Hasegawa
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Patent number: 7741376Abstract: A dispersed ingredient having metal-oxygen bonds which is obtained by hydrolyzing a metal alkoxide in an organic solvent in the absence of an acid, a base, and/or a dispersion stabilizer, either with 0.5 to less than 1 mol of water per mol of the metal alkoxide or at ?20° C. or lower with 1.0 to less than 2.0 mol of water per mol of the metal alkoxide. In the organic solvent, the dispersed ingredient is stably dispersed without aggregating. Use of the dispersed ingredient enables a thin metal oxide film and a homogeneous organic/inorganic composite to be produced at a temperature as low as 200° C. or below.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2008Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoyuki Toki, Akiji Higuchi, Nobuo Kimura, Yoshitaka Fujita
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Patent number: 7709552Abstract: An organic/inorganic composite including a condensation product of an organic silicon compound represented by formula (I) as a major component; at least one kind of a photosensitive compound which is sensitive to light having a wavelength of 350 nm or less selected from the group consisting of metal chelate compounds, compounds of metal organic acid salts, metal compounds having 2 or more hydroxyl or hydrolyzable groups, hydrolyzates thereof, and condensation products thereof; and/or a compound derived from the photosensitive compound; RnSiX4-n??(I) wherein R represents an organic group in which carbon directly bonds to Si represented in the formula and X represents a hydroxyl or hydrolyzable group; n represents 1 or 2; R may be the same or different when n is 2; and X may be the same or different when (4-n) is 2 or more.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2006Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuo Kimura, Hiromoto Shibata, Kazuki Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20100036012Abstract: Disclosed is an organic-inorganic composite body having a very high hardness on the surface and an adequate hardness in the interior and on the back surface while having excellent adhesion to a substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2007Publication date: February 11, 2010Inventors: Nobuo Kimura, Hiromoto Shibata, Kazuki Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20090143498Abstract: A dispersed ingredient having metal-oxygen bonds which is obtained by hydrolyzing a metal alkoxide in an organic solvent in the absence of an acid, a base, and/or a dispersion stabilizer, either with 0.5 to less than 1 mol of water per mol of the metal alkoxide or at ?20° C. or lower with 1.0 to less than 2.0 mol of water per mol of the metal alkoxide. In the organic solvent, the dispersed ingredient is stably dispersed without aggregating. Use of the dispersed ingredient enables a thin metal oxide film and a homogeneous organic/inorganic composite to be produced at a temperature as low as 200° C. or below.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: NIPPON SODA CO., LTDInventors: Motoyuki Toki, Akiji Higuchi, Nobuo Kimura, Yoshitaka Fujita
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Publication number: 20090025610Abstract: An organic/inorganic composite including a condensation product of an organic silicon compound represented by formula (I) as a major component; at least one kind of a photosensitive compound which is sensitive to light having a wavelength of 350 nm or less selected from the group consisting of metal chelate compounds, compounds of metal organic acid salts, metal compounds having 2 or more hydroxyl or hydrolyzable groups, hydrolyzates thereof, and condensation products thereof; and/or a compound derived from the photosensitive compound; RnSiX4-n??(I) wherein R represents an organic group in which carbon directly bonds to Si represented in the formula and X represents a hydroxyl or hydrolyzable group; n represents 1 or 2; R may be the same or different when n is 2; and X may be the same or different when (4-n) is 2 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2006Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: NIPPON SODA CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuo Kimura, Hiromoto Shibata, Kazuki Hasegawa
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Patent number: 7422642Abstract: To provide a method which allows the combination of rapid formation of a chemical adsorption film with the preparation of the film which is reduced in the content of impurities and having a dense structure. A method for preparing a chemical adsorption film on the surface of a substrate containing an active hydrogen, characterized in that it includes treating a metal based surfactant having at least one hydrolyzable group with a metal oxide or a partially hydrolyzed product from a metal alkoxide and water in an organic solvent to form a solution, and contacting the solution with the surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2003Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuo Kimura, Yoshitaka Fujita, Norifumi Nakamoto
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Publication number: 20080213494Abstract: An organic thin film forming method for forming an organic thin film on a substrate surface comprising: contacting the substrate with a solution for forming an organic thin film obtained from an auxiliary agent for forming an organic thin film obtained by mixing a metal surfactant (1) having at least one hydrolytic group and a compound capable of interacting with the metal surfactant (1), and a metal surfactant (2) having at least one hydrolytic group, in an organic solvent, wherein a solution for forming an organic thin film is used in which the moisture content has been adjusted or maintained to be within a predetermined range; and, an auxiliary agent for forming an organic thin film and a solution for forming an organic thin film used in this method.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2005Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: NIPPON SODA CO., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuo Kimura, Yoshitaka Fujita, Tomoya Hidaka
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Patent number: 7419539Abstract: A metallic or resinous material having excellent deodorant, antifouling, antibacterial, antifungal, and other effects which can be industrially efficiently provided by applying to a polymer resin film an adhesive coating fluid containing a silane coupling as a hardener, drying the coating to form an adhesive layer, applying a coating fluid for photocatalyst-layer formation, subsequently drying the coating to produce a photocatalyst-supporting film consisting of the polymer film and a photocatalyst layer deposited thereon through the adhesive layer, and laminating this photocatalyst-supporting film to the surface of a metallic plate or resin structure by heat pressing. The laminate may be processed into a complicated shape.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2007Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuo Kimura, Kazuo Ono, Shigemichi Fukayama, Masayuki Kataoka, Kazuji Okabe, Yoshiharu Komoda
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Publication number: 20070161760Abstract: A metallic or resinous material having excellent deodorant, antifouling, antibacterial, antifungal, and other effects which can be industrially efficiently provided by applying to a polymer resin film an adhesive coating fluid containing a silane coupling as a hardener, drying the coating to form an adhesive layer, applying a coating fluid for photocatalyst-layer formation, subsequently drying the coating to produce a photocatalyst-supporting film consisting of the polymer film and a photocatalyst layer deposited thereon through the adhesive layer, and laminating this photocatalyst-supporting film to the surface of a metallic plate or resin structure by heat pressing. The laminate may be processed into a complicated shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2007Publication date: July 12, 2007Applicant: NIPPON SODA CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuo Kimura, Kazuo Ono, Shigemichi Fukayama, Masayuki Kataoka, Kazuji Okabe, Yoshiharu Komoda
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Patent number: 7208443Abstract: A metallic or resinous material having excellent deodorant, antifouling, antibacterial, antifungal, and other effects which can be industrially efficiently provided by applying to a polymer resin film an adhesive coating fluid containing a silane coupling as a hardener, drying the coating to form an adhesive layer, applying a coating fluid for photocatalyst-layer formation, subsequently drying the coating to produce a photocatalyst-supporting film consisting of the polymer film and a photocatalyst layer deposited thereon through the adhesive layer, and laminating this photocatalyst-supporting film to the surface of a metallic plate or resin structure by heat pressing. The laminate may be processed into a complicated shape.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 1998Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., LtdInventors: Nobuo Kimura, Kazuo Ono, Shigemichi Fukayama, Masayuki Kataoka, Kazuji Okabe, Yoshiharu Komoda
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Publication number: 20060239902Abstract: The invention provides dispersoids having metal-oxygen groups which are suitable for the production of metal oxide thin-films at a low temperature of 200° C. or below and for the production of homogeneous organic-inorganic hybrid materials. The invention also provides metal oxide thin-films and organic-inorganic hybrid materials endowed with various capabilities, particularly organic-inorganic hybrid materials having a high refractive index and high transparency. Use is made of a dispersoid having metal-oxygen bonds which is obtained by mixing a metal compound having at least three hydrolyzable groups with at least 0.5 mole but less than 2 moles of water per mole of the metal compound in an organic solvent, in the absence of an acid, a base and/or a dispersion stabilizer, and at a temperature at or below the temperature at which the metal compound begins to hydrolyze, then raising the temperature to at least the temperature at which hydrolysis begins.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2003Publication date: October 26, 2006Applicant: NIPPON SODA CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuo Kimura, Yoshitaka Fujita, Norifumi Nakamoto, Motoyuki Toki, Akiji Higuchi, Kazuo Ono, Tomoya Hidaka, Hiroyuki Takeda
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Publication number: 20060188657Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an organic thin film, which enables rapid film formation, and enables a dense organic thin film with minimal impurities to be formed stably, and in a plurality of consecutive repetitions. A method for producing an organic thin film in which an organic thin film is formed on the surface of a substrate, including a step (A) of bringing the substrate into contact with an organic solvent solution containing a metal-based surfactant having at least one hydrolyzable group, and a catalyst capable of interacting with the metal-based surfactant, wherein the water content within the organic solvent solution is either set or maintained within a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2004Publication date: August 24, 2006Inventors: Nobuo Kimura, Yoshitaka Fujita, Norifumi Nakamoto, Tomoya Hidaka
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Patent number: 6964605Abstract: A method and an apparatus (1) for manufacturing natural intestine sausages includes a stuffing tube (4), an intestine pushing member (6), an intestine-pushing-member driving device (7), an intestine receiving member (9), a braking member (10), a transporting device (11), a detecting device (13) for detecting the position of the intestine pushing member (6) with respect to the intestine receiving member (9), and a controlling device (15) for stopping the operation of a material supplying device (3). A distal end (4A) of the stuffing tube (4) is positioned in such a manner as to project from the braking member (10) toward the transporting device (11).Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2001Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: HITEC Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Kasai, Minoru Nakamura, Hideaki Arai, Nobuo Kimura
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Publication number: 20050167004Abstract: To provide a method which allows the combination of rapid formation of a chemical adsorption film with the preparation of the film which is reduced in the content of impurities and having a dense structure. A method for preparing a chemical adsorption film on the surface of a substrate containing an active hydrogen, characterized in that it includes treating a metal based surfactant having at least one hydrolyzable group with a metal oxide or a partially hydrolyzed product from a metal alkoxide and water in an organic solvent to form a solution, and contacting the solution with the surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2003Publication date: August 4, 2005Inventors: Nobuo Kimura, Yoshitaka Fujita, Norifumi Nakamoto
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Publication number: 20040197254Abstract: A dispersed ingredient having metal-oxygen bonds which is obtained by hydrolyzing a metal alkoxide in an organic solvent in the absence of an acid, a base, and/or a dispersion stabilizer, either with 0.5 to less than 1 mol of water per mol of the metal alkoxide or at −20° C. or lower with 1.0 to less than 2.0 mol of water per mol of the metal alkoxide. In the organic solvent, the dispersed ingredient is stably dispersed without aggregating. Use of the dispersed ingredient enables a thin metal oxide film and a homogeneous organic/inorganic composite to be produced at a temperature as low as 200° C. or below.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2004Publication date: October 7, 2004Inventors: Motoyuki Toki, Akiji Higuchi, Nobuo Kimura, Yoshitaka Fujita
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Patent number: 6728171Abstract: Focusing method and exposure apparatus for focusing both a parallel light beam and a non-parallel light beam through a movable objective lens onto an object. A negative feedback loop is provided which has a detector for receiving a reflection light beam of the non-parallel light beam passed through the movable objective lens, reflected at the object and passed through the movable objective lens, for generating a detection signal corresponding to a focus deviation of the non-parallel light beam, and a driver for receiving the detection signal to control a position of the movable objective lens in accordance with the detection signal, so that the detection signal is decreased. The negative feedback loop further includes a correction signal generator for generating a correction signal and supplying it to the negative feedback loop as a disturbance of the loop so that the parallel light beam is focused onto the object.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2002Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masashi Yanagi, Nobuo Kimura, Tetsuo Andou, Hidekazu Nakamoto
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Patent number: 6572465Abstract: An apparatus for processing ends of a chain of natural intestine sausages which is used together with a suspending device for suspending and transporting a chain of natural intestine sausages includes: a heating device having a liquid tank in which a heating liquid is stored and which is disposed at a position below suspending members of the suspending device, so as to thermally contract a leading end portion and a trailing end portion of the chain of sausages on a continuous basis.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2001Date of Patent: June 3, 2003Assignee: Hitec Co., Ltd.Inventor: Nobuo Kimura
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Publication number: 20030012091Abstract: Focusing method and exposure apparatus for focusing both a parallel light beam and a non-parallel light beam through a movable objective lens onto an object. A negative feedback loop is provided which has a detector for receiving a reflection light beam of the non-parallel light beam passed through the movable objective lens, reflected at the object and passed through the movable objective lens, for generating a detection signal corresponding to a focus deviation of the non-parallel light beam, and a driver for receiving the detection signal to control a position of the movable objective lens in accordance with the detection signal, so that the detection signal is decreased. The negative feedback loop further includes a correction signal generator for generating a correction signal and supplying it to the negative feedback loop as a disturbance of the loop so that the parallel light beam is focused onto the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2002Publication date: January 16, 2003Inventors: Masashi Yanagi, Nobuo Kimura, Tetsuo Andou, Hidekazu Nakamoto