Patents by Inventor Tomonari Nakayama

Tomonari Nakayama 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: 11520083
    Abstract: Provided are a transparent member having excellent transparency and maintaining anti-fogging properties for a long period of time and a method for producing a transparent member. A transparent member includes a substrate and a stacked body having an organic layer and an inorganic porous layer stacked on the substrate in the mentioned order such that the both layers are in contact with each other, in which the organic layer includes an organic molecular chain network including an organic polymer chain and an organic crosslinking chain having 3 or more to 30 or less carbon atoms, and an acidic group aggregate, and in which the inorganic porous layer has hydrophilicity and includes silicon oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomonari Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20220111232
    Abstract: A light-transmitting member includes a substrate including a resin layer, and a functional film disposed on the substrate. The substrate has a thickness of 1 ?m or more and less than 1 mm. An optical thickness of the functional film with respect to light having a wavelength of 464 nm or more and 653 nm or less is less than a half of the wavelength. A contact angle of water with respect to an upper surface of the functional film in the light-transmitting member is less than 90°. The functional film has a porous portion containing a plurality of particles. A first particle and a second particle among the plurality of particles are bound to each other with a binder. Each of the first particle, the second particle, and the binder contains an inorganic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Shuhei Yamamoto, Tomonari Nakayama, Yoji Teramoto, Miwa Takachi, Shun Ouchi
  • Publication number: 20220098093
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a member having a porous layer containing particles and having a low refractive index and high film strength and a coating liquid for forming a porous layer containing particles, wherein the porous layer contains a plurality of silicon oxide particles bound by an inorganic binder and at least one acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Shun Ouchi, Shuhei Yamamoto, Tomonari Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11067722
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical element including a base material, a light-shielding film, and a cured film in which an alkyd resin and a melamine resin having two or more iminomethylol groups in a molecule are condensed or in which an alkyd resin and a benzoguanamine resin having two or more iminomethylol groups in a molecule are condensed. The light-shielding film is disposed in at least a part of the periphery of the base material. The cured film is disposed on the surface of the light-shielding film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiko Abe, Tomonari Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20210199855
    Abstract: An optical member includes a base material and an antireflective layer on the base material wherein the antireflective layer includes a plurality of fine protrusions on a surface thereof and a support layer for supporting the protrusions, and the support layer contains boron in an amount of 7×1019 atoms/cm3 or more and 2.5×1020 atoms/cm3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji Makino, Tomonari Nakayama, Keiko Abe
  • Patent number: 11009627
    Abstract: There is provided an optical member including a porous layer on a substrate, wherein the porous layer contains silicon oxide particles, a silicon oxide binder, and a fluorine compound having a fluorocarbon group and a nonionic hydrophilic group, and the amount of the fluorine compound is 0.1% by mass or more and 2.5% by mass or less with respect to the silicon oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomonari Nakayama, Kenji Makino
  • Patent number: 10983253
    Abstract: An optical member includes a base material and an antireflective layer on the base material wherein the antireflective layer includes a plurality of fine protrusions on a surface thereof and a support layer for supporting the protrusions, and the support layer contains boron in an amount of 7×1019 atoms/cm3 or more and 2.5×1020 atoms/cm3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Makino, Tomonari Nakayama, Keiko Abe
  • Publication number: 20200308415
    Abstract: An optical member having a porous layer having both low scattering and film strength is provided. The optical member is an optical member, having a porous layer in which a plurality of silicon oxide particles are bound with an inorganic binder on a base material, and the porous layer contains a fluorine-containing organic acid having 5 or more and 11 or less fluorine atoms in one molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Shuhei Yamamoto, Tomonari Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10738197
    Abstract: An optical member includes a substrate and an antireflection film on the substrate. The antireflection film includes a porous layer at the surface thereof. The porous layer contains silicon oxide particles and a binder. The porous layer is provided with a fluororesin on at least part of the surface of the porous layer. The contact angle of n-hexadecane on the surface of the antireflection film is in the range of 50° to 80°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomonari Nakayama, Kenji Makino
  • Publication number: 20200186685
    Abstract: Provided is a transparent member having formed thereon a film having high reliability, the film being capable of suppressing an increase in its haze and maintaining its hydrophilicity for a long time period even when exposed to an outdoor environment. The transparent member is a transparent member including a resin base material and a porous layer arranged thereon, wherein the porous layer has a network structure in which silica particles are joined to each other with a binder, wherein the resin base material has a mixed layer that the network structure has entered, wherein the mixed layer has a thickness of 20 nm or more and 160 nm or less, and wherein a thickness variation in a range having a length of 1 ?m of a section of the mixed layer in its thickness direction along the surface of the resin base material is 15% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Yo Watanabe, Tomonari Nakayama, Junji Kawasaki, Miwa Takachi
  • Patent number: 10598826
    Abstract: A precursor sol of aluminum oxide contains a polycondensate formed by the hydrolysis of an aluminum alkoxide or an aluminum salt, a solvent, and an organic aluminum compound having a specific structure. An optical member is produced by a process including a step of immersing an aluminum oxide film in a hot water with a temperature of 60° C. to 100° C. to form a textured structure made of aluminum oxide crystals, the aluminum oxide film being formed by feeding the precursor sol of aluminum oxide onto a base. A method for producing an optical member includes a step of immersing an aluminum oxide film in a hot water with a temperature of 60° C. to 100° C. to form a textured structure made of aluminum oxide crystals, the aluminum oxide film being formed by feeding the precursor sol of aluminum oxide onto a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Makino, Tomonari Nakayama, Keiko Abe, Norishige Kakegawa
  • Publication number: 20200068106
    Abstract: Provided are a member that reduces a change in refractive index at high humidity (60% RH or more and less than 90% RH) and a method of manufacturing the member. The member comprises a base material and a porous layer formed on at least any one of surfaces of the base material, wherein the porous layer has dN2 of 5 nm or more and 20 nm or less and dH2O of 25 nm or more and 75 nm or less, and has a contact angle with respect to water of less than 60°, in which dN2 is defined as a diameter of a pore at a time when a differential pore volume becomes maximum in the differential pore distribution in nitrogen adsorption and dH2O is defined as a diameter of a pore at a time when a differential pore volume becomes maximum in the differential pore distribution in water vapor adsorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Toshinao Tatsuno, Kenji Makino, Tomonari Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10564321
    Abstract: An optical member including a base material and an antireflection film on the base material, wherein the antireflection film has a porous layer as the surface, the porous layer contains silicon oxide particles and a binder, the porous layer has a refractive index of 1.19 or more and 1.30 or less, and the surfaces of the silicon oxide particles and the binder have alkylsilyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomonari Nakayama, Kenji Makino
  • Patent number: 10459125
    Abstract: An optical member includes a laminated body configured to reduce light reflection disposed on a substrate, wherein a surface of the laminated body is a porous layer or a layer having a textured structure, and at least one layer of the laminated body is a polymer layer containing a linear polymer and a branched polymer. A method for manufacturing the optical member is also provided. The branched polymer content is 10% by weight or more and 90% by weight or less of the total weight of the linear polymer and the branched polymer. The layer having a textured structure contains crystals mainly composed of aluminum oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomonari Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10459123
    Abstract: The optical member according to the present invention includes a film containing a plurality of chain particles and having a refractive index of 1.21 or more and 1.27 or less at a wavelength of 550 nm on a substrate. The film includes an alcohol having an ether bond or an ester bond and having a branched structure having 4 to 7 carbon atoms in a range of 1.0 mg/cm3 or more and 2.8 mg/cm3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Makino, Tomonari Nakayama, Yu Kameno
  • Publication number: 20190187335
    Abstract: Provided are a transparent member having excellent transparency and maintaining anti-fogging properties for a long period of time and a method for producing a transparent member. A transparent member includes a substrate and a stacked body having an organic layer and an inorganic porous layer stacked on the substrate in the mentioned order such that the both layers are in contact with each other, in which the organic layer includes an organic molecular chain network including an organic polymer chain and an organic crosslinking chain having 3 or more to 30 or less carbon atoms, and an acidic group aggregate, and in which the inorganic porous layer has hydrophilicity and includes silicon oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Tomonari Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20190137662
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical element including a base material, a light-shielding film, and a cured film in which an alkyd resin and a melamine resin having two or more iminomethylol groups in a molecule are condensed or in which an alkyd resin and a benzoguanamine resin having two or more iminomethylol groups in a molecule are condensed. The light-shielding film is disposed in at least a part of the periphery of the base material. The cured film is disposed on the surface of the light-shielding film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Keiko Abe, Tomonari Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10234600
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical member includes a step of applying a dispersion liquid containing particles and a dispersion medium on a substrate, a step of applying a solution containing a component to form a binder after the step of applying the dispersion liquid, and causing the solution to permeate a portion between the particles contained in the dispersion liquid applied in advance to form a single layer in which the portion between the particles is filled with the binder, and a step of drying the layer to prepare an antireflection film. The solution contains a silane-alkoxy condensate having an average particle diameter of 8 nm or more and 60 nm or less, and the solution contains a solvent having solubility of water of 10% by weight or less in an amount of 70% by mass or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Makino, Tomonari Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20190041551
    Abstract: An optical element having a substrate and a light-shielding film on part of an outer portion of the substrate further contains a coating on the light-shielding film, the coating containing a cured mixture of a melamine or benzoguanamine resin, and a phenolic resin, in proportions by mass of 1:5 to 7:5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Keiko Abe, Tomonari Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10120107
    Abstract: An optical element having a substrate and a light-shielding film on part of an outer portion of the substrate further contains a coating on the light-shielding film, the coating containing a cured mixture of a melamine or benzoguanamine resin, and a phenolic resin, in proportions by mass of 1:5 to 7:5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiko Abe, Tomonari Nakayama