Patents by Inventor Takayuki Matsumoto

Takayuki Matsumoto 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: 20180344121
    Abstract: A method for continuously producing a cleaning member obtained from a multilayer web that includes at least a fiber bundle with hollow fibers, and non-woven fabric strips includes at least: a step for preparing a guide member provided with a pair of width-adjusting member, and having a predetermined interval; a step for conveying a fiber bundle strip, such as the fiber bundle with hollow fibers, between the pair of width-adjusting members of the guide member, and adjusting the width of the fiber bundle strip so as to match the aforementioned interval; a step for forming the multilayer web by overlaying the strip-like fiber bundle, the width of which has been adjusted, on the non-woven fabric strips; and a step for joining the components of the multilayer web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Shigetomo TAKAHASHI, Hiroaki GOTO, Takayuki MATSUMOTO, Yuji YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 10113907
    Abstract: Provided are an ultraviolet-sensing sheet, an ultraviolet-sensing set, and an ultraviolet-sensing method, in which color gradation properties which are suitable for detecting an ultraviolet dose are obtained and in which the coloring of an ultraviolet-sensing layer caused by the effect of light other than ultraviolet light is prevented. An ultraviolet-sensing sheet 1 includes: a filter layer 10 that selectively allows transmission of light having a specific wavelength; and an ultraviolet-sensing layer 20 that includes a capsule including a color-forming dye and a photooxidant. It is preferable that the filter layer 10 has a maximum value of the transmittance in a wavelength range of 300 nm or longer and shorter than 380 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Hatta, Takayuki Matsumoto, Hiroki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10098516
    Abstract: A method of continuously producing a cleaning member obtained from a multilayer web that includes at least a fiber bundle and a non-woven fabric, includes the following steps: preparing a guide member provided with a pair of width-adjusting members having a predetermined interval therebetween; conveying a fiber bundle through the pair of width-adjusting members of the guide member to adjust the width of the fiber bundle strip so as to match the aforementioned interval; forming the multilayer web by overlaying the fiber bundle, the width of which has been adjusted, on the non-woven fabric; and joining the fiber bundle and non-woven fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigetomo Takahashi, Hiroaki Goto, Takayuki Matsumoto, Yuji Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10081157
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced composite material is provided which is capable of achieving CAI, ILSS, and interlaminar fracture toughness concurrently at high levels, in particular, capable of achieving high CAI. The composite material is composed of a laminated body including a plurality of reinforcing-fiber-containing layers and a resin layer in each interlaminar region between adjacent reinforcing-fiber-containing layers, wherein the resin layer is a layer wherein a cured product of a compound having in its molecule a benzoxazine ring of formula (1) and epoxy resin is impregnated with at least polyamide 12 powder: (R1: C1-C12 chain alkyl group or the like; H is bonded to at least one of the carbon atoms of the aromatic ring at ortho- or para-position with respect to C to which the oxygen atom is bonded).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignees: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Fukuda, Takayuki Matsumoto, Masaki Minami, Naoyuki Sekine, Masanori Nakajima
  • Patent number: 10070765
    Abstract: A method of continuously producing a cleaning member obtained from a multilayer web that includes at least a fiber bundle and a non-woven fabric, includes the following steps: preparing a guide member provided with a pair of width-adjusting members having a predetermined interval therebetween; conveying a fiber bundle through the pair of width-adjusting members of the guide member to adjust the width of the fiber bundle strip so as to match the aforementioned interval; forming the multilayer web by overlaying the fiber bundle, the width of which has been adjusted, on the non-woven fabric; and joining the fiber bundle and non-woven fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigetomo Takahashi, Hiroaki Goto, Takayuki Matsumoto, Yuji Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10014118
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element. The capacitor element includes a winding body, a solid electrolyte layer containing a conductive polymer, and an electrolytic solution. The winding body is configured to be wound around by an anode member on which a dielectric layer is formed, and a cathode member. The solid electrolyte layer is formed in the winding body. An electrolytic solution is impregnated into the winding body in which the solid electrolyte layer is formed. A volume ratio of the electrolytic solution impregnated into the winding body to the solid electrolyte layer formed in the winding body ranges from 1.27 to 2.54 both inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Matsumoto, Yoshiaki Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 9919501
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cleaning member includes a fiber bundle conveying step conveying a fiber bundle to a merging section, a nonwoven fabric conveying step conveying the nonwoven fabric strips to the merging section; a multilayer web forming step forming a multilayer web by overlaying the fiber bundle on the nonwoven fiber strips at the merging part; and a joining step joining the fiber bundle and the nonwoven fabric strips to each other in the multilayer web. In the fiber bundle conveying step, the fiber bundle is conveyed at a tension at which there is no width shrinkage in the fiber bundle, and in the multilayer web forming step, the multilayer web is formed by overlaying the fiber bundle on the nonwoven strips while applying a tension that does not cause width shrinkage in the fiber bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Matsumoto, Shigetomo Takahashi, Yuji Yamashita, Hiroaki Goto
  • Publication number: 20170372843
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode member, a solid electrolyte layer, and a nonaqueous solvent or an electrolyte solution. The anode member includes a dielectric layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes a conductive polymer formed on a surface of the dielectric layer. The nonaqueous solvent or the electrolyte solution includes a first solvent and a second solvent different from the first solvent. The first solvent contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a carbonate ester and a derivative of the carbonate ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventor: TAKAYUKI MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 9844858
    Abstract: Provided is a jig having a structure that differs from conventional jigs and enables flat plates to be bonded while suppressing an air bubble formation. A flat-plate bonding jig is provided with the following: a first surface; a second surface that is on the opposite side of the first surface, has a plurality of suction holes for sucking a flat-plate, and is curved outward in a substantially arc shape; a main body connecting the first surface and the second surface; and a communication means that is disposed in the main body and allows the suction holes to communicate with a suction means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukio Eda, Toshiyuki Ibayashi, Hiroyuki Kurimura, Yutaka Ogino, Eitaro Fukutaka, Takayuki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20170352562
    Abstract: A transfer chamber for a processing system suitable for processing a plurality of substrates and a method of using the same is provided. The transfer chamber includes a lid, a bottom disposed opposite the lid, a plurality of sidewalls sealingly coupling the lid to the bottom and defining an internal volume, wherein the plurality of sidewalls form the faces of a dodecagon. An opening is formed in each of the faces, wherein the opening is configured for a substrate to pass therethrough. A transfer robot is disposed in the internal volume, wherein the transfer robot has effectors configured to support the substrate through one opening to another opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Shinichi KURITA, Makoto INAGAWA, Hanzheng H. LIN, Takayuki MATSUMOTO, Suhail ANWAR
  • Patent number: 9745471
    Abstract: A prepreg 10 comprises: a reinforcing fiber layer 3 including reinforcing fibers 1 and a resin composition 2 with which the space between fibers of the reinforcing fibers 1 is impregnated and which contains (A) a benzoxazine resin, (B) an epoxy resin, and (C) a curing agent having 2 or more phenolic hydroxy groups in a molecule; and a surface layer 6a or 6b provided on at least one surface of the reinforcing fiber layer 3 and containing (A) a benzoxazine resin, (B) an epoxy resin, (C) a curing agent having 2 or more phenolic hydroxy groups in a molecule, and (D) polyamide resin particles 4 having an average particle size of 5 to 50 ?m, wherein the polyamide resin particles 4 include a particle made of a polyamide 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignees: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Fukuda, Takayuki Matsumoto, Masaki Minami, Naoyuki Sekine, Masanori Nakajima
  • Patent number: 9691650
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a transfer robot that having at least one image sensor disposed thereon is provided. The transfer robot includes a lift assembly having a first drive assembly for moving a first platform relative to a second platform in a first linear direction, an end effector assembly disposed on the second platform and movable in a second linear direction by a second drive assembly, the second linear direction being orthogonal to the first linear direction, at least one image sensor, and a lighting device associated with the at least one image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kurita, Takayuki Matsumoto, Suhail Anwar, Makoto Inagawa
  • Publication number: 20170131144
    Abstract: Provided are an ultraviolet-sensing sheet, an ultraviolet-sensing set, and an ultraviolet-sensing method, in which color gradation properties which are suitable for detecting an ultraviolet dose are obtained and in which the coloring of an ultraviolet-sensing layer caused by the effect of light other than ultraviolet light is prevented. An ultraviolet-sensing sheet 1 includes: a filter layer 10 that selectively allows transmission of light having a specific wavelength; and an ultraviolet-sensing layer 20 that includes a capsule including a color-forming dye and a photooxidant. It is preferable that the filter layer 10 has a maximum value of the transmittance in a wavelength range of 300 nm or longer and shorter than 380 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro HATTA, Takayuki MATSUMOTO, Hiroki SASAKI
  • Patent number: 9615461
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a resin substrate in which first and second through holes are formed, a metallic foil on one surface of the resin substrate coating the through holes and separated into first and second side metallic foils by a border, a first connecting portion formed by a plating film inside the first through hole, a second connecting portion formed by a plating film inside the second through hole, a first slit facing the border and penetrating through the metallic foil and the first connecting portion, a second slit facing the border and penetrating through the metallic foil and the second connecting portion, first and second plating layers on front surfaces of the first and second side metallic foils, bottom surfaces of the first and second connecting portions, and side surfaces inside the first and second slits of the first and second side metallic foils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakamura, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Takayuki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20160379759
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element. The capacitor element includes a winding body, a solid electrolyte layer containing a conductive polymer, and an electrolytic solution. The winding body is configured to be wound around by an anode member on which a dielectric layer is formed, and a cathode member. The solid electrolyte layer is formed in the winding body. An electrolytic solution is impregnated into the winding body in which the solid electrolyte layer is formed. A volume ratio of the electrolytic solution impregnated into the winding body to the solid electrolyte layer formed in the winding body ranges from 1.27 to 2.54 both inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: TAKAYUKI MATSUMOTO, YOSHIAKI ISHIMARU
  • Publication number: 20160369123
    Abstract: This coating agent composition is characterized by including: a copolymer (A) having a repeating unit derived from (a) an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having one ethylenic double bond and an alkylene glycol residue; a repeating unit derived from (b) an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having one ethylenic double bond and a functional group for immobilizing a physiologically active substance; and a repeating unit derived from (c) an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having one ethylenic double bond and a functional group capable of crosslinking, and a copolymer (B) having a repeating unit derived from the monomer (a); and a repeating unit derived from the monomer (b), and having a reactive functional group at the terminal of at least one side of the copolymer, and is used for coating the surface of a solid-phase substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru TAKADA, Takayuki MATSUMOTO, Sohei FUNACKA
  • Publication number: 20160327568
    Abstract: A composition is provided, including: polymer particles having a functional group for capturing a sugar chain, wherein the rate of change of mass calculated by Equation (F1) below is more than 90% and less than 112%. Rate of change (%)=A/B×100??(F1) In Equation (F1), A represents the mass of the composition after incubation for 4 hours under an environment of a relative humidity of 50% and a temperature of 25° C., and B represents the mass of the composition before the incubation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 9468381
    Abstract: A diagnostic system comprises a spectral image shooting means that shoots a spectral image within a predetermined wavelength range in a body cavity and obtains spectral image data, an image processing means that obtains the spectral image data and calculates an indicator indicating an area having a high possibility of a diseased portion from the spectral image data, and a monitor on which the indicator is displayed, and wherein the image processing means calculates, as the indicator, a ratio between an accumulated value of intensity values of all spectral images in the predetermined wavelength range and an intensity value of spectral images in a particular wavelength band, for each coordinate in the spectral image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Chiba, Yoshimi Obara, Makoto Hashizume, Takayuki Matsumoto, Kozo Konishi, Morimasa Tomikawa, Masaharu Murata
  • Publication number: 20160297942
    Abstract: A production method for a fiber-reinforced composite material comprises: a step of stacking a prepreg plurally to obtain a prepreg-stacked body; and a step of heating the prepreg-stacked body to cure a resin, wherein the prepreg comprises: a reinforcing fiber layer including reinforcing fibers and a resin composition with which the space between fibers of the reinforcing fibers is impregnated and which contains (A) a benzoxazine resin, (B) an epoxy resin, and (C) a curing agent having 2 or more phenolic hydroxy groups in a molecule; and a surface layer provided on at least one surface of the reinforcing fiber layer and containing (A) to (C) components, and (D) polyamide resin particles having an average particle size of 5 to 50 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicants: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki MINAMI, Takayuki MATSUMOTO, Yoshihiro FUKUDA, Naoyuki SEKINE, Masanori NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20160289403
    Abstract: The prepreg comprises: a reinforcing fiber layer including reinforcing fibers and a resin composition with which the space between fibers of the reinforcing fibers is impregnated and which contains (A) a benzoxazine resin, (B) an epoxy resin, and (C) a curing agent having 2 or more phenolic hydroxy groups in a molecule; and a surface layer provided on a surface of the reinforcing fiber layer and containing (A) a benzoxazine resin, (B) an epoxy resin, (C) a curing agent having 2 or more phenolic hydroxy groups in a molecule, and (D) polyamide resin particles having an average particle size of 5 to 50 ?m, wherein the polyamide resin particles include a polyamide resin particle made of a copolymer in which caprolactam and laurolactam are copolymerized at a molar ratio of 1:9 to 3:7 and a polyamide 1010 resin particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicants: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki MINAMI, Takayuki MATSUMOTO, Yoshihiro FUKUDA, Naoyuki SEKINE, Masanori NAKAJIMA