Patents by Inventor Shigeki Nomura
Shigeki Nomura 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: 20240089567Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array unit (300) configured by arraying, in a row direction and a column direction, a plurality of pixels (304) of five or more types in which wavelength bands of detectable light are different in stages. The plurality of pixels are arrayed such that, at points having any spatial phases on the pixel array unit, mixed spectral characteristics obtained by mixing spectral characteristics of a predetermined number of pixels around the points are substantially same.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Seichi Otsuki, Shigeki Nakamura, Yoshikuni Nomura
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Publication number: 20200181366Abstract: A composition comprising: a substance (A) comprising at least one metal atom selected from the group consisting of zinc, cobalt, niobium, zirconium, cadmium, copper, nickel, chromium, vanadium, titanium, molybdenum, magnesium, iron and aluminum, with the proviso that a metal organic framework is excluded; an organic substance (B) having at least two metal coordination sites capable of being coordinated to the metal atom to form a crystal, wherein the metal coordination sites are of at least one type selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group and a metal organic framework; and a coordination promoter (C) that undergoes a reaction or a phase transition upon stimulation to promote the coordination of the metal coordination sites of the organic substance (B) to the metal atom of the substance (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi IKOMA, Shigeki NOMURA, Rasika DASANAYAKE ALUTHGE
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Patent number: 10351942Abstract: In a high strength hot-dip galvannealed hot-rolled steel sheet that has an excellent hole expansibility suitable for a stretch flanging and preferably has a high yield ratio and a tensile strength of at least 650 MPa, a hot-rolled steel sheet used as a base material for plating has a chemical composition comprising: in mass %, C: from at least 0.01 and at most 0.20%; Si: at most 0.50%; Mn: from at least 0.01% to at most 1.30%; P: at most 0.05%; S: at most 0.01%; N: at most 0.01%; Al: at most 0.50%; and Ti: from at least 0.05% to at most 0.50%, and a steel structure consisting of a polygonal ferrite having at least 80 area % and the remainder containing one kind or two or more kinds selected from bainitic ferrite, bainite, pearlite, and cementite.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takafumi Yokoyama, Shigeki Nomura
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Patent number: 9594243Abstract: An electrowetting device 1 includes a device body 10, a dielectric layer 14, an electrode, a non-polar liquid 17, and a polar liquid 16. The device body 10 includes a cell C. The dielectric layer 14 is disposed in the cell C. The dielectric layer 14 has a hydrophobic surface. The electrode is configured to polarize the dielectric layer 14. The non-polar liquid 17 is disposed on the hydrophobic surface in the cell C. The polar liquid 16 is non-miscible with the non-polar liquid 17. The polar liquid 16 is disposed on the hydrophobic surface in the cell C. The non-polar liquid 17 contains a colored material. The polar liquid 16 contains non-ionic molecules. The non-ionic molecule has a polar portion and a non-polar portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeki Nomura, Takeshi Wakiya
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Publication number: 20160004066Abstract: An electrowetting device 1 includes a device body 10, a dielectric layer 14, an electrode, a non-polar liquid 17, and a polar liquid 16. The device body 10 includes a cell C. The dielectric layer 14 is disposed in the cell C. The dielectric layer 14 has a hydrophobic surface. The electrode is configured to polarize the dielectric layer 14. The non-polar liquid 17 is disposed on the hydrophobic surface in the cell C. The polar liquid 16 is non-miscible with the non-polar liquid 17. The polar liquid 16 is disposed on the hydrophobic surface in the cell C. The non-polar liquid 17 contains a colored material. The polar liquid 16 contains non-ionic molecules. The non-ionic molecule has a polar portion and a non-polar portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeki NOMURA, Takeshi WAKIYA
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Patent number: 9182590Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an electrowetting element, in which a first liquid material and a second liquid material having a surface energy which is lower than that of the first liquid material, which are not mixed together, are provided in a cell formed between a first substrate and a second substrate placed as facing; at least one of the first liquid material and the second liquid material is gelated or altered to have high viscosity; and the shape of the interface between the first liquid material and the second liquid material is changed by applying voltage in the cell. The method includes a step of stimulating at least one of the first liquid material and the second liquid material which is gelated or altered to have high viscosity, to alter one of the first liquid material and the second liquid material to have low viscosity.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: SEIKSUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Shigeki Nomura
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Publication number: 20150140358Abstract: In a high strength hot-dip galvannealed hot-rolled steel sheet that has an excellent hole expansibility suitable for a stretch flanging and preferably has a high yield ratio and a tensile strength of at least 650 MPa, a hot-rolled steel sheet used as a base material for plating has a chemical composition comprising: in mass %, C: from at least 0.01 and at most 0.20%; Si: at most 0.50%; Mn: from at least 0.01% to at most 1.30%; P: at most 0.05%; S: at most 0.01%; N: at most 0.01%; Al: at most 0.50%; and Ti: from at least 0.05% to at most 0.50%, and a steel structure consisting of a polygonal ferrite having at least 80 area % and the remainder containing one kind or two or more kinds selected from bainitic ferrite, bainite, pearlite, and cementite.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takafumi Yokoyama, Shigeki Nomura
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Patent number: 8896928Abstract: Provided is an electrowetting device capable of performing bright and high-contrast color display. In addition, provided is an electrowetting device capable of performing high-quality display without unevenness. The electrowetting device is an electrowetting display in which each of a pair of substrate constituting one cell has a driving unit. A first substrate that stores a first hydrophobic liquid material in regions surrounded by a first pixel wall, and a second substrate that stores a second hydrophobic liquid material in regions surrounded by a second pixel wall are adhered to each other through a hydrophilic material.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Nakasuga, Takao Unate, Takeshi Wakiya, Shigeki Nomura
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Publication number: 20140226200Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an electrowetting element, in which a first liquid material and a second liquid material having a surface energy which is lower than that of the first liquid material, which are not mixed together, are provided in a cell formed between a first substrate and a second substrate placed as facing; at least one of the first liquid material and the second liquid material is gelated or altered to have high viscosity; and the shape of the interface between the first liquid material and the second liquid material is changed by applying voltage in the cell; which includes a step of stimulating at least one of the first liquid material and the second liquid material which is gelated or altered to have high viscosity, to alter at least one of the first liquid material and the second liquid material to have low viscosity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Shigeki Nomura
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Publication number: 20130222880Abstract: Provided is an electrowetting device capable of performing bright and high-contrast color display. In addition, provided is an electrowetting device capable of performing high-quality display without unevenness. The electrowetting device is an electrowetting display in which each of a pair of substrate constituting one cell has a driving unit. A first substrate that stores a first hydrophobic liquid material in regions surrounded by a first pixel wall, and a second substrate that stores a second hydrophobic liquid material in regions surrounded by a second pixel wall are adhered to each other through a hydrophilic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Nakasuga, Takao Unate, Takeshi Wakiya, Shigeki Nomura
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Patent number: 8183368Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a thermosetting compound having dielectric properties, in particular permittivity and dielectric loss, which are improved compared to prior art, a composition containing the same, and a molded article. The thermosetting compound according to the present invention is a dihydro benzoxazine compound represented by the following Formula (2), where, R6 to R13 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like, and R14 represents a divalent saturated alicyclic hydrocarbon group having a condensed ring structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2006Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Eguchi, Kazuo Doyama, Shigeki Nomura, Hatsuo Ishida
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Patent number: 7829237Abstract: An object of the present invention is to solve the problems with conventional polymer electrolyte fuel cells and provide a proton conducting membrane which exhibits an excellent heat resistance and an excellent protonic conductivity and a high dimensional stability even at high temperatures, a method for producing the same and a fuel cell using the same. The proton conducting membrane of the present invention is a proton conducting membrane having particles 1 comprising a metal-oxygen crosslinked structure and the particles 1 have an acid group such as sulfonic acid group incorporated in the surface thereof and form a continuity. The gap 2 between the particles is communicated from the main surface to the opposite surface of the proton conducting membrane to form a proton conducting channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2004Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeki Nomura, Toshihito Miyama
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Patent number: 7703351Abstract: An accelerator pedal (100) includes a stopper member (30) fixed to the floor of the driver's seat, a pad member (20) fastened to the stopper member (30) and operated by the driver's depression force, an arm (4) engaged with the pad member (20) to transmit the depression force, and a bracket (5) engaged with the arm (4) to support the arm (4), wherein the stopper member (30) is provided with a pad fitting section (17) for fastening the pad member (20), and the pad member (20) is integrally molded by a single resin material.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2003Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., F-Tech Inc.Inventors: Tomohiro Sakuraba, Hideto Nebuya, Takashi Sugiyama, Shigeki Nomura, Koji Terasaki, Teruo Kato, Toshimi Kitamura, Tomoaki Abe, Yoshio Abe, legal representative
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Publication number: 20090299062Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a thermosetting compound having dielectric properties, in particular permittivity and dielectric loss, which are improved compared to prior art, a composition containing the same, and a molded article. The thermosetting compound according to the present invention is a dihydro benzoxazine compound represented by the following Formula (2), where, R6 to R13 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like, and R14 represents a divalent saturated alicyclic hydrocarbon group having a condensed ring structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2006Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Eguchi, Kazuo Doyama, Shigeki Nomura, Hatsuo Ishida
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Publication number: 20070213495Abstract: The present invention provides relates to a crosslinkable, proton-conducting membrane having a crosslinked structure, excellent in heat resistance, durability, dimensional stability and fuel barrier characteristics, and showing excellent proton conductivity at high temperature, characterized by comprising (a) an organic/inorganic hybrid structure (A) covalently bonded to 2 or more silicon-oxygen crosslinks and, at the same time, having a carbon atom, and (b) an acid containing structure (B) having an acid group, covalently bonded to a silicon-oxygen crosslink and having an acidic group; and provides a fuel cell using the same membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2007Publication date: September 13, 2007Applicant: Sekisui Chemical Col.,Ltd.Inventors: Shigeki Nomura, Toshiya Sugimoto, Masanori Nakamura, Kenji Yamauchi
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Patent number: 7214756Abstract: The present invention provides relates to a crosslinkable, proton-conducting membrane having a crosslinked structure, excellent in heat resistance, durability, dimensional stability and fuel barrier characteristics, and showing excellent proton conductivity at high temperature, characterized by comprising (a) an organic/inorganic hybrid structure (A) covalently bonded to 2 or more silicon-oxygen crosslinks and, at the same time, having a carbon atom, and (b) an acid containing structure (B) having an acid group, covalently bonded to a silicon-oxygen crosslink and having an acidic group; and provides a fuel cell using the same membrane.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2002Date of Patent: May 8, 2007Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeki Nomura, Toshiya Sugimoto, Masanori Nakamura, Kenji Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20060219981Abstract: It is intended to provide a proton conducting membrane which is excellent in heat resistance, dimensional stability, fuel barrier properties, flexibility, etc. and exhibits an excellent protonic conductivity even at high temperatures, a method of producing same and a fuel cell which can operate stably at high temperatures, the proton conducting membrane of the present invention comprises a support filled with a proton conducting structure (?) comprising an acid-containing structure containing an acid group, which support being made of an organic-inorganic composite structure (?) having a crosslinked structure formed by a metal-oxygen bond and an open-cell structure having internally-formed pores connected continuously to each other by the crosslinked structure, and the use of this proton conducting membrane makes it possible to obtain a fuel cell having an excellent performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2004Publication date: October 5, 2006Inventors: Toshihito Miyama, Toshiya Sugimoto, Shigeki Nomura
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Patent number: 7090046Abstract: A pedal retraction amount control apparatus is provided which can sufficiently move a pedal from a passenger compartment in the forward direction of the vehicle during a front collision. An attacbment plate 29 of a front portion of a pedal bracket 24 which supports a support shaft 27 of a pedal 23 is secured to a dash panel 12, and a connecting member 30 of a rear portion of the pedal bracket 24 is attached to a cowl panel 32 so as to be detachable when the pedal bracket is moved rearward, and a steering hanger 17 is arranged facing in order to contact during a front collision a rear portion of a displacement restricting section 50 which extends in a crosswise direction of the vehicle and which is disposed below the support shaft 27.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2003Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideto Nebuya, Takashi Sugiyama, Shigeki Nomura, Shinji Kumagai, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Yusuke Muramatsu
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Publication number: 20060141313Abstract: An object of the present invention is to solve the problems with conventional polymer electrolyte fuel cells and provide a proton conducting membrane which exhibits an excellent heat resistance and an excellent protonic conductivity and a high dimensional stability even at high temperatures, a method for producing the same and a fuel cell using the same. The proton conducting membrane of the present invention is a proton conducting membrane having particles 1 comprising a metal-oxygen crosslinked structure and the particles 1 have an acid group such as sulfonic acid group incorporated in the surface thereof and form a continuity. The gap 2 between the particles is communicated from the main surface to the opposite surface of the proton conducting membrane to form a proton conducting channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2004Publication date: June 29, 2006Applicant: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeki Nomura, Toshihito Miyama
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Publication number: 20060035129Abstract: A proton conducting membrane having a high ionic conductivity and an excellent high temperature dimensional stability which can perform stably even at high temperatures, a method for producing the same and a solid polymer-based fuel cell comprising same are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2004Publication date: February 16, 2006Inventors: Shigeki Nomura, Kenji Yamauchi, Satoshi Koma, Toshiya Sugimoto, Taira Hasegawa