Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Sugimoto

Tatsuya Sugimoto 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).

  • Patent number: 10717690
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing octafluorocyclopentene by bringing 1-chloroheptafluorocyclopentene into contact with an alkali metal fluoride. The manufacturing method includes a feedstock heating step of heating 1-chloroheptafluorocyclopentene to not lower than 40° C. and not higher than 55° C. and a fluorination step of maintaining a suspension containing a polar aprotic solvent and an alkali metal fluoride at 85° C. or higher while supplying heated 1-chloroheptafluorocyclopentene into the suspension and performing fluorination thereof to obtain octafluorocyclopentene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 10710946
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method in which 1-chloroheptafluorocyclopentene is brought into contact with an alkali metal fluoride to obtain octafluorocyclopentene. The manufacturing method includes a fluorination step of maintaining, at 85° C. or higher, a suspension containing an alkali metal fluoride suspended in a mixed solvent including a polar aprotic solvent and a glycol ether having a higher boiling point than the polar aprotic solvent while supplying 1-chloroheptafluoropentene into the suspension and performing fluorination thereof to obtain octafluorocyclopentene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20200199050
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing octafluorocyclopentene by bringing 1-chloroheptafluorocyclopentene into contact with an alkali metal fluoride. The manufacturing method includes a feedstock heating step of heating 1-chloroheptafluorocyclopentene to not lower than 40° C. and not higher than 55° C. and a fluorination step of maintaining a suspension containing a polar aprotic solvent and an alkali metal fluoride at 85° C. or higher while supplying heated 1-chloroheptafluorocyclopentene into the suspension and performing fluorination thereof to obtain octafluorocyclopentene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200181046
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method in which 1-chloroheptafluorocyclopentene is brought into contact with an alkali metal fluoride to obtain octafluorocyclopentene. The manufacturing method includes a fluorination step of maintaining, at 85° C. or higher, a suspension containing an alkali metal fluoride suspended in a mixed solvent including a polar aprotic solvent and a glycol ether having a higher boiling point than the polar aprotic solvent while supplying 1-chloroheptafluoropentene into the suspension and performing fluorination thereof to obtain octafluorocyclopentene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10647642
    Abstract: Provided is a method for industrially advantageously producing a fluorinated hydrocarbon (3). The disclosed method for producing a fluorinated hydrocarbon represented by formula (3) includes bringing into contact, in a hydrocarbon-based solvent, a secondary or tertiary ether compound represented by formula (1) below with an acid fluoride represented by formula (2) in the presence of lithium salt or sodium salt (in the formulae, R1 and R2 each represent a C1-3 alkyl, and R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring structure; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, methyl, or ethyl; and R4 and R5 each represent methyl or ethyl).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20200142155
    Abstract: In an optical device, an elastic support unit includes a pair of levers which face in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction, a pair of first torsion support portions which are connected between the levers and the base, a pair of second torsion support portions which are connected between the pair of levers and the movable unit, and a first link member that bridges the levers. The levers and the first link member define a light passage opening. Each of connection positions between the levers and the first torsion support portions is located on a side opposite to the movable unit with respect to the center of the light passage opening in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. A maximum width of the light passage opening in the second direction is defined by a gap between the levers in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Tomofumi SUZUKI, Kyosuke KOTANI, Tatsuya SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200124473
    Abstract: A mirror unit 2 includes a mirror device 20 including a base 21 and a movable mirror 22, an optical function member 13, and a fixed mirror 16 that is disposed on a side opposite to the mirror device 20 with respect to the optical function member 13. The optical function member 13 is provided with a light transmitting portion 14 that constitutes a part of an optical path between the beam splitter unit 3 and the fixed mirror 16. The light transmitting portion 14 is a portion that corrects an optical path difference that occurs between an optical path between the beam splitter unit 3 and the movable mirror 22 and the optical path between the beam splitter unit 3 and the fixed mirror 16. The second surface 21b of the base 21 and the third surface 13a of the optical function member 13 are joined to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Tomofumi SUZUKI, Kyosuke KOTANI, Tatsuya SUGIMOTO, Yutaka KURAMOTO, Katsumi SHIBAYAMA, Noburo HOSOKAWA, Hirokazu YAMAMOTO, Takuo KOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200124480
    Abstract: An optical module 1 includes: a mirror unit 2 including a base 21, a movable mirror 22, and a fixed mirror 16; a beam splitter unit 3 that is disposed on one side of the mirror unit 2 in a Z-axis direction; a light incident unit 4 that causes measurement light L0 to be incident to the beam splitter unit 3; a first light detector 6 that is disposed on the one side of the beam splitter unit 3 in the Z-axis direction, and detects interference light L1 of measurement light which is emitted from the beam splitter unit 3; a support 9 to which the mirror unit 2 is attached; a first support structure 11 that supports the beam splitter unit 3; and a second support structure 12 that is attached to the support 9 and supports the first light detector 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Tomofumi SUZUKI, Kyosuke KOTANI, Tatsuya SUGIMOTO, Yutaka KURAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200124472
    Abstract: In an optical device, a base and a movable unit are constituted by a semiconductor substrate including a first semiconductor layer, an insulating layer, and a second semiconductor layer in this order from one side in a predetermined direction. The base is constituted by the first semiconductor layer, the insulating layer, and the second semiconductor layer. The movable unit includes an arrangement portion that is constituted by the second semiconductor layer. The optical function unit is disposed on a surface of the arrangement portion on the one side. The first semiconductor layer that constitutes the base is thicker than the second semiconductor layer that constitutes the base. A surface of the base on the one side is located more to the one side than the optical function unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Tomofumi SUZUKI, Kyosuke KOTANI, Tatsuya SUGIMOTO, Yutaka KURAMOTO, Katsumi SHIBAYAMA, Noburo HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200124469
    Abstract: An optical device includes: a base which includes a main surface; a movable mirror which includes a mirror surface; a first and a second elastic support portions which support the movable mirror so as to be movable along a first direction perpendicular to the main surface; an actuator which moves the movable mirror; and a first optical function portion which is disposed at one side of the movable mirror in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first elastic support portion includes a pair of first levers extending from the movable mirror toward both sides of the first optical function portion in a third direction perpendicular to the first and the second directions. A length of each of first levers in the second direction is larger than the shortest distance between an outer edge of the mirror surface and an edge of the first optical function portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SUGIMOTO, Tomofumi SUZUKI, Kyosuke KOTANI
  • Publication number: 20200124479
    Abstract: An optical module 1A includes a mirror unit 2 including a movable mirror 22 and a fixed mirror 16, a beam splitter unit 3, a light incident unit 4, a first light detector 6, a second light source 7, a second light detector 8, a holding unit 130, a first mirror 51, a second mirror 52, and a third mirror 53. The holding unit 130 holds the first light detector 6, the second light detector 8, and the second light source 7 so as to face that same side, and to be aligned in this order. A length of an optical path between the unit 3 and the detector 6 is shorter than a length of an optical path between the unit 3 and the detector 8, and a length of an optical path between the unit 3 and the source 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Tomofumi SUZUKI, Kyosuke KOTANI, Tatsuya SUGIMOTO, Yutaka KURAMOTO, Katsumi SHIBAYAMA, Noburo HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200049977
    Abstract: An optical module includes a support layer, a device layer which is provided on the support layer, and a movable mirror which is mounted in the device layer. The device layer has a mounting region in which the movable mirror is mounted, and a driving region which is connected to the mounting region. A space corresponding to at least the mounting region and the driving region is formed between the support layer and the device layer. The mounting region is disposed between a pair of elastic support regions included in the driving region and is supported by the pair of elastic support regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Tomofumi SUZUKI, Tatsuya SUGIMOTO, Kyosuke KOTANI
  • Publication number: 20200049974
    Abstract: A light module includes an optical element and a base on which the optical element is mounted. The optical element has an optical portion which has an optical surface; an elastic portion which is provided around the optical portion such that an annular region is formed; and a pair of support portions which is provided such that the optical portion is sandwiched in a first direction along the optical surface and in which an elastic force is applied and a distance therebetween is able to be changed in accordance with elastic deformation of the elastic portion. The base has a main surface, and a mounting region in which an opening communicating with the main surface is provided. The support portions are inserted into the opening in a state where an elastic force of the elastic portion is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SUGIMOTO, Kyosuke KOTANI, Tomofumi SUZUKI, Katsumi SHIBAYAMA, Noburo HOSOKAWA, Nao INOUE, Masashi ITO, Yutaka KURAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200049975
    Abstract: An optical module includes a support layer, a device layer which is provided on the support layer, and a movable mirror which is mounted in the device layer. The device layer has a mounting region which is penetrated by the movable mirror, and a driving region which is connected to the mounting region. A space corresponding to at least the mounting region and the driving region is formed between the support layer and the device layer. A portion of the movable mirror is positioned in the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Tomofumi SUZUKI, Tatsuya SUGIMOTO, Kyosuke KOTANI
  • Publication number: 20190389790
    Abstract: Provided is a method for industrially advantageously producing a fluorinated hydrocarbon (3). The disclosed method for producing a fluorinated hydrocarbon represented by formula (3) includes bringing into contact, in a hydrocarbon-based solvent, a secondary or tertiary ether compound represented by formula (1) below with an acid fluoride represented by formula (2) in the presence of lithium salt or sodium salt (in the formulae, R1 and R2 each represent a C1-3 alkyl, and R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring structure; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, methyl, or ethyl; and R4 and R5 each represent methyl or ethyl).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10472308
    Abstract: Provided is an industrially simple and cheap method for efficiently removing butene from crude monofluorobutane containing butene without causing substantial decomposition, transformation, or the like of the monofluorobutane. In a provided monofluorobutane purification method, crude monofluorobutane containing butene is brought into contact with trihalomethane in the presence of an alkali aqueous solution to convert the butene to a compound having a higher boiling point than the monofluorobutane, water is subsequently added to a reaction mixture obtained thereby to dissolve a produced salt, an organic layer is separated, and then the separated organic layer is purified by distillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20190337873
    Abstract: A method for producing a fluorinated alkane represented by the formula (2): R2-F (R2 represents an alkyl group having 3 to 5 carbon atoms) is provided. An alcohol having 3 to 5 carbon atoms is fluorinated by a fluorinating agent represented by the formula (1): R1SO2F (R1 represents a methyl group, an ethyl group or an aromatic group) in the absence of a solvent, and in the presence of a phosphazene base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicants: Kanto Denka Kogyo Co., Ltd., ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki KURIHARA, Tatsuya SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10392325
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a method for producing a fluorinated alkane represented by the formula (2): R2—F, wherein an alcohol having 3 to 5 carbon atoms is fluorinated by a fluorinating agent represented by the formula (1): R1SO2F in the absence of a solvent, and in the presence of an amidine base. In the formula, R1 represents a methyl group, an ethyl group or an aromatic group, R2 represents an alkyl group having 3 to 5 carbon atoms, and n is 0 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: Kanto Denka Kogyo Co., Ltd., ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Kurihara, Tatsuya Sugimoto
  • Patent number: D899481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sugimoto, Tomofumi Suzuki, Kyosuke Kotani
  • Patent number: D900187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sugimoto, Tomofumi Suzuki, Kyosuke Kotani