Patents by Inventor Tooru Yoshikawa

Tooru Yoshikawa 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: 10125237
    Abstract: A heat radiation sheet having high heat-radiation property and excellent handleability and having sheet properties permitting the sheet to cope with changes in use temperature thereof. Also provided is a heat radiation device using the sheet. The heat radiation sheet comprises: a binder component comprising: (A) a thermoplastic rubber component; (B) a thermosetting rubber component; and (C) a thermosetting rubber curing agent crosslinkable with the thermosetting rubber component (B); and an anisotropic graphite powder oriented into a specified direction in the binder component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Noriji Tashiro, Michiaki Yajima, Tomonori Seki, Atsushi Fujita, Tooru Yoshikawa, Rei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9574833
    Abstract: The thermal conductive sheet of the present invention includes a base sheet and, on one surface of the base sheet, a metal foil (C) that has a thickness of from 1 to 30% of a thickness of the base sheet. The base sheet includes a binder component (A) that exhibits elasticity at room temperature and a graphite powder (B) that has anisotropy, and the graphite powder (B) is oriented in a thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Michiaki Yajima, Rei Yamamoto, Tooru Yoshikawa, Tomonori Seki
  • Publication number: 20140293626
    Abstract: A thermally conductive sheet includes a composition containing graphite particles (A) in the form of a scale, an elliptic sphere or a rod, a 6-membered ring plane in a crystal thereof being oriented in the plane direction of the scale, the major axis direction of the elliptic sphere, or the major axis direction of the rod, and an organic polymeric compound (B) having a Tg of 50° C. or lower. The plane direction of the scale, the major axis direction of the elliptic sphere, or the major axis direction of the rod of the graphite particles (A) is oriented in the thickness direction of the thermally conductive sheet, the area of the graphite particles (A) exposed onto surfaces of the thermally conductive sheet is 25% or more and 80% or less, and the Ascar C hardness of the sheet is 60 or less at 70° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Tooru Yoshikawa, Michiaki Yajima, Teiichi Inada
  • Publication number: 20130112389
    Abstract: The thermal conductive sheet of the present invention includes a base sheet and, on one surface of the base sheet, a metal foil (C) that has a thickness of from 1 to 30% of a thickness of the base sheet. The base sheet includes a binder component (A) that exhibits elasticity at room temperature and a graphite powder (B) that has anisotropy, and the graphite powder (B) is oriented in a thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Michiaki Yajima, Rei Yamamoto, Tooru Yoshikawa, Tomonori Seki
  • Publication number: 20110192588
    Abstract: A heat conducting sheet including a composition, wherein the composition contains plate-form boron nitride particles (A) having an average particle diameter of more than 10 ?m and 60 ?m or less, and an organic polymer compound (B) having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 50° C. or lower, the plate-form boron nitride particles (A) are contained in the composition in an amount ranging from 45 to 75% by volume thereof, and are oriented to direct the major axis direction thereof along the thickness direction of the sheet. Thus, there is provided an electrically insulating and heat conducting sheet which can keep a high thermal conductivity while the sheet has additional properties such as flexibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Masahiko Suzuki, Tooru Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20100073882
    Abstract: A thermally conductive sheet having both of a high thermal conductivity and a high flexibility is obtained by providing a thermally conductive sheet including a composition containing: graphite particles (A) in the form of a scale, an elliptic sphere or a rod, a 6-membered ring plane in a crystal thereof being oriented in the plane direction of the scale, the major axis direction of the elliptic sphere, or the major axis direction of the rod; and an organic polymeric compound (B) having a Tg of 50° C. or lower, wherein the plane direction of the scale, the major axis direction of the elliptic sphere, or the major axis direction of the rod of the graphite particles (A) is oriented in the thickness direction of the thermally conductive sheet, the area of the graphite particles (A) exposed onto surfaces of the thermally conductive sheet is 25% or more and 80% or less, and the Ascar C hardness of the sheet is 60 or less at 70° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Tooru Yoshikawa, Michiaki Yajima, Teiichi Inada