Patents by Inventor Rie KUWAHARA

Rie KUWAHARA 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: 20120270002
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for a flexible printed circuit, from which a release liner can be released without being torn off even after being subjected to a high temperature process such as a solder reflow process. The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape of the present invention includes: a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; and a release liner on at least one surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein a tensile strength of the release liner in a machine direction is 50 MPa to 150 MPa, and a tensile strength of the release liner in a machine direction after heating at 280° C. for 5 min is 20 MPa to 120 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hakaru HORIGUCHI, Noritsugu DAIGAKU, Takahiro NONAKA, Rie KUWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20120111612
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosetting adhesive tape or sheet having a thermosetting adhesive layer, which can be stored stably at room temperature, and, when thermally cured, can exert excellent adhesiveness and high thermal stability after exposure to heat and moist, because the resin in the adhesive rapidly reacts upon curing. The thermosetting adhesive tape or sheet according to the present invention includes a thermosetting adhesive layer which has a gel fraction of less than 70%, a difference in gel fraction between before and after storage at 40° C. for 7 days [(gel fraction after storage at 40° C. for 7 days)?(gel fraction before storage at 40° C. for 7 days)] of 15% or less, and a gel fraction after curing at 150° C. for 1 hour of 90% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Rie Kuwahara, Masahiro Oura, Takahiro Nonaka, Noritsugu Daigaku
  • Publication number: 20120055700
    Abstract: Provided is a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for fixing a flexible printed circuit board superior in adhesive power after bonding under low pressure and also in repelling resistance after processing in high-temperature steps. The double sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for fixing a flexible printed circuit board according to the present invention has a 180° peel adhesion, as determined by bonding the adhesive tape onto a stainless steel plate under pressure by one reciprocation of a 10-g roller, leaving it still for 5 minutes and measuring it at a tensile speed of 300 mm/minute, of 6.5 N/20 mm or more and a terminal separation distance after reflow of 2.5 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hakaru Horiguchi, Noritsugu Daigaku, Takahiro Nonaka, Rie Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20120052229
    Abstract: Provided is a thermosetting adhesive tape or sheet resistant to deposition of foreign matter such as dust and dirt to the thermosetting adhesive layer surface. An adhesive tape or sheet for a flexible printed circuit board including a thermosetting adhesive layer, and a release liner on at least one surface of the thermosetting adhesive layer, wherein the arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of the at least one surface of the release liner is 0.6 ?m or more and less than 20 ?m and the surface (at least one surface) of the release liner having an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of 0.6 ?m or more and less than 20 ?m is in contact with the surface of the thermosetting adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rie Kuwahara, Hakaru Horiguchi
  • Publication number: 20120009399
    Abstract: Disclosed is a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for fixing a flexible printed circuit board, which has silicone release liners, but is less polluting and excels in workability. The double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for fixing a flexible printed circuit board includes at least a pressure-sensitive adhesive unit including a substrate and pressure-sensitive adhesive layers present on or above both sides of the substrate; and silicone release liners present on or above both surfaces of the pressure-sensitive adhesive unit, in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive layers each include an acrylic polymer based on, as an essential monomer component, an alkyl (meth)acrylate whose alkyl moiety being a linear or branched-chain alkyl group having 1 to 14 carbon atoms, the pressure-sensitive adhesive unit has a thickness of 60 ?m or less, and the adhesive sheet evolves siloxane gas, if any, in an amount of 1 ng/cm2 or less when heated at 120° C. for 10 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Nonaka, Noritsugu Daigaku, Rie Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20100209649
    Abstract: Disclosed is a double-coated pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet which includes at least a pressure-sensitive adhesive unit including a plastic base film and, present on or above both surfaces thereof, pressure-sensitive adhesive layers; and non-silicone release liners present on both surfaces of the pressure-sensitive adhesive unit. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layers are each formed from an acrylic polymer containing, as essential monomer components, an alkyl (meth)acrylate whose alkyl moiety being a linear or branched-chain alkyl group having 2 to 14 carbon atoms and a polar-group-containing monomer. The pressure-sensitive adhesive unit has a thickness of 60 to 160 ?m, and each of the two pressure-sensitive adhesive layers of the pressure-sensitive adhesive unit has a thickness of 20 ?m or more. The adhesive sheet excels in processability and fittability around bumps and is usable for fixing a flexible printed circuit board or for fixing a hard disk drive component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rie Kuwahara, Takahiro Nonaka, Noritsugu Daigaku, Masahiro Oura
  • Publication number: 20090263606
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosetting adhesive or pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet including: a thermosetting adhesive or pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed of a thermosetting adhesive or pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing an acrylic polymer (X) constituted of, as essential monomer components, an alkyl (meth)acrylate (a) in which the alkyl moiety thereof has from 2 to 14 carbon atoms and a cyano group-containing monomer (b), and a phenol resin (Y); and provided on at least one surface of the thermosetting adhesive or pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a release liner including a plastic film substrate and a release layer provided on at least one side of the plastic film substrate, the release layer containing low density polyethylene as a major component and having a thickness of 5 ?m or more and less than 20 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro NONAKA, Noritsugu DAIGAKU, Rie KUWAHARA, Masahiro OURA, Sadaji SUTOU