Patents by Inventor Toshitsugu Hosokawa

Toshitsugu Hosokawa 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: 20090116111
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film of the present invention comprises an optical film; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer laminated on at least one side of the optical film, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed from an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a (meth)acrylic polymer comprising 30 to 99.99% by weight of an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer unit and 0.01 to 15% by weight of a functional group-containing monomer unit, and the (meth)acrylic polymer in the acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive is crosslinked by electron beam irradiation. The pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film has a high level of reworkability, durability and workability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuusuke TOYAMA, Shinichi INOUE, Mizue NAGATA, Toshitsugu HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20090110924
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive for an optical film of the present invention comprises a (meth)acrylic polymer comprising 50 to 99.99% by weight of alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer unit and 0.01 to 30% by weight of a photocrosslinkable monomer unit having an unsaturated double bond-containing polymerizable functional group and a photocrosslinkable moiety different from the functional group. A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed from the pressure-sensitive adhesive on at least one side of an optical film, wherein the photocrosslinkable moiety of the (meth)acrylic polymer in the pressure-sensitive adhesive is crosslinked by active energy ray irradiation. The pressure-sensitive adhesive can form the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer with a high level of durability and preferable workability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi INOUE, Yuusuke TOYAMA, Mizue NAGATA, Toshitsugu HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20090104450
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for an optical film of the present invention comprises 100 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylic polymer comprising 45 to 99.99% by weight of an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer unit and 0.01 to 2% by weight of a tertiary amino group-containing monomer unit; and 0.01 to 2 parts by weight of a peroxide as a crosslinking agent. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition can form an pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that has satisfactory reworkability such that optical films can be easily peeled from liquid crystal panels with no adhesive residue and also has satisfactory processability such that it can be worked without pressure-sensitive adhesive fouling or dropout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi INOUE, Yuusuke TOYAMA, Mizue NAGATA, Toshitsugu HOSOKAWA, Yutaka MOROISHI, Fumiko NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20090078371
    Abstract: An optical pressure-sensitive adhesive of the invention comprises a base polymer having a functional group (F); and a coupling agent that has a benzyl ester group and is represented by Formula (1): wherein A1 and A2 are different functional groups, one of A1 and A2 shows reactivity or interaction with the functional group (F) of the base polymer, R1 is an optionally substituted alkylene group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms and/or an optionally substituted phenylene group, and R2 and R3 are each a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms and may be the same or different. The pressure-sensitive adhesive is use in pressure-sensitive adhesive optical films and so on that is excellent in terms of both durability and release property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Masayuki Satake
  • Publication number: 20080274272
    Abstract: An antistatic optical film comprising an antistatic layer laminated on at least one side of an optical film, wherein the antistatic layer comprises a water soluble or a water dispersible conductive polymer, has excellent antistatic effect, optical characteristics and appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Masayuki Satake, Akiko Ogasawara, Fumiaki Shirafuji, Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Shinichi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20080213583
    Abstract: An electrically-conductive laminated film of the invention comprises a first transparent substrate having first and second surfaces; an electrically-conductive film comprising a second transparent substrate having first and second surfaces and a transparent electrically-conductive thin layer provided on the first surface of the second transparent substrate; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the first transparent substrate and the electrically-conductive film are arranged in such a manner that the second surface of the first transparent substrate is opposed to the second surface of the second transparent substrate, wherein the first transparent substrate and the electrically-conductive film are bonded to each other with the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer interposed therebetween; wherein each of the first and second transparent substrates is formed of a plastic material, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed of a pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising an acrylic polymer compr
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonori Noguchi, Toshitsugu Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 7413766
    Abstract: An antistatic optical film comprising an antistatic layer laminated on at least one side of an optical film, wherein the antistatic layer comprises a water soluble or a water dispersible conductive polymer, has excellent antistatic effect, optical characteristics and appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Satake, Akiko Ogasawara, Fumiaki Shirafuji, Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Shinichi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20080118752
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing an antistatic pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film exhibiting excellent antistatic effect, optical properties, and water resistance and having excellent adhesion between the antistatic layer and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. An antistatic pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film, the optical film having an antistatic layer laminated on at least one side of the optical film, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer further laminated on the antistatic layer, wherein the antistatic layer comprises a conductive polymer and a sulfonic acid compound as raw material components, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed of an acryl-based pressure-sensitive adhesive containing nitrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Inoue, Masayuki Satake, Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Akiko Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20080044674
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing an antistatic optical film having excellent antistatic effect and high light transmittance, wherein an antistatic layer laminated on at least one side of the optical film. An antistatic optical film having an antistatic layer laminated on at least one side of the optical film, wherein rubbing treatment is performed on a surface of the optical film on which the antistatic layer is laminated, and a conductive polymer in the antistatic layer is aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Shinichi Inoue, Masayuki Satake, Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Akiko Ogasawara, Akira Ootani
  • Patent number: 7214422
    Abstract: The invention is to offer a glass-break preventing film like filter to be directly attached to a visual side of a plasma display plate, so that no problem occurs of double images caused owing to an air layer, contributing to easy attachment, light weighing, thin size and low cost, and a plasma display apparatus attached with the same. A glass-break preventing film like filter is composed by laminating a reflection preventing film on one side of a glass-break-preventing layer comprising a composite material of a transparent organic high polymer substance and an organized layer like clay, and making the other side an adhesive face, and a plasma display apparatus is composed by directly attaching on a visual side thereof with the glass-break preventing film like filter via the adhesive face of the glass-break preventing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yukiko Azumi, Yoshihiro Hieda, Yuuichi Morimoto, Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Kazuhiko Miyauchi
  • Patent number: 7208206
    Abstract: A glass crack prevention laminate has a glass crack prevention adhesive layer having a dynamic storage elastic modulus G? of not larger than 1×107 Pa at 20° C., and a liquid crystal display optical film laminated on a surface of the glass crack prevention adhesive layer. Particularly, the liquid crystal display optical film is made of a polarizing plate or of a laminate of a polarizing plate and another optical layer. The thickness of the glass crack prevention adhesive layer is selected to be in a range of from 0.1 mm to 5 mm. The glass crack prevention adhesive layer has removability. The adhesive agent-including optical film having the configuration can be directly mounted on a liquid crystal panel so that the glass crack prevention adhesive layer is provided on an inner side. Thus, a liquid crystal display device can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Hieda, Yuzo Akada, Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Kazuhiko Miyauchi
  • Patent number: 7034404
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation excellent in reliability in humidity resistance and storage stability as well as in dischargeability and coatability. The resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation comprises: (A) an epoxy resin; (B) a phenolic resin; (C) a latent curing accelerator; and D) an inorganic filler, and has a viscosity of 7,000 poise or more at 25° C. and 5,000 poise or less at 80° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Tadaaki Harada, Hideaki Taki, Toshitsugu Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 6908671
    Abstract: A transparent acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which combines transparency and high-temperature adhesive properties. The transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive composition contains a polymer of one or more acrylic-based monomers and an organophilic layered clay mineral dispersed therein, wherein part of the polymer has been intercalated between layers of the clay mineral to cause interlayer separation and the clay mineral has a layer-to-layer distance of 100 ? or longer. It is produced by a process which includes: mixing 100 parts by weight of the monomers with 10 to 150 parts by weight of an organophilic layered clay mineral and 0.005 to 5 parts by weight of a polymerization initiator together with an organic solvent; exerting an external action on this mixture to thereby intercalate part of the monomers, polymerization initiator, and organic solvent into interstices of the organophilic layered clay mineral; subsequently removing the solvent; and then polymerizing the monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Yoshihiro Hieda, Kazuhiko Miyauchi, Yuuichi Morimoto, Yukiko Azumi
  • Publication number: 20040209007
    Abstract: An antistatic optical film comprising an antistatic layer laminated on at least one side of an optical film, wherein the antistatic layer comprises a water soluble or a water dispersible conductive polymer, has excellent antistatic effect, optical characteristics and appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Masayuki Satake, Akiko Ogasawara, Fumiaki Shirafuji, Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Shinichi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20040180148
    Abstract: A glass crack prevention laminate has a glass crack prevention adhesive layer having a dynamic storage elastic modulus G′ of not larger than 1×107 Pa at 20° C., and a liquid crystal display optical film laminated on a surface of the glass crack prevention adhesive layer. Particularly, the liquid crystal display optical film is made of a polarizing plate or of a laminate of a polarizing plate and another optical layer. The thickness of the glass crack prevention adhesive layer is selected to be in a range of from 0.1 mm to 5 mm. The glass crack prevention adhesive layer has removability. The adhesive agent-including optical film having the configuration can be directly mounted on a liquid crystal panel so that the glass crack prevention adhesive layer is provided on an inner side. Thus, a liquid crystal display device can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Hieda, Yuzo Akada, Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Kazuhiko Miyauchi
  • Publication number: 20030102081
    Abstract: A transparent acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which combines transparency and high-temperature adhesive properties. The transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive composition contains a polymer of one or more acrylic-based monomers and an organophilic layered clay mineral dispersed therein, wherein part of the polymer has been intercalated between layers of the clay mineral to cause interlayer separation and the clay mineral has a layer-to-layer distance of 100 Å or longer. It is produced by a process which includes: mixing 100 parts by weight of the monomers with 10 to 150 parts by weight of an organophilic layered clay mineral and 0.005 to 5 parts by weight of a polymerization initiator together with an organic solvent; exerting an external action on this mixture to thereby intercalate part of the monomers, polymerization initiator, and organic solvent into interstices of the organophilic layered clay mineral; subsequently removing the solvent; and then polymerizing the monomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Yoshihiro Hieda, Kazuhiko Miyauchi, Yuuichi Morimoto, Yukiko Azumi
  • Publication number: 20030104210
    Abstract: The invention is to offer a glass-break preventing film like filter to be directly attached to a visual side of a plasma display plate, so that no problem occurs of double images caused owing to an air layer, contributing to easy attachment, light weighing, thin size and low cost, and a plasma display apparatus attached with the same. A glass-break preventing film like filter is composed by laminating a reflection preventing film on one side of a glass-break-preventing layer comprising a composite material of a transparent organic high polymer substance and an organized layer like clay, and making the other side an adhesive face, and a plasma display apparatus is composed by directly attaching on a visual side thereof with the glass-break preventing film like filter via the adhesive face of the glass-break preventing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yukiko Azumi, Yoshihiro Hieda, Yuuichi Morimoto, Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Kazuhiko Miyauchi
  • Patent number: 6555602
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation excellent in reliability in humidity resistance and storage stability as well as in dischargeability and coatability, a semiconductor device encapsulated with the resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation and a process for the production of the semiconductor device. The resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation comprises the following components (A) to (D) and has a viscosity of 700 Pa•s or higher at 25° C. and 500 Pa•s or lower at 80° C.: (A) an epoxy resin; (B) an acid anhydride-based curing agent; (C) a latent curing accelerator; and (D) an inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Tadaaki Harada, Toshitsugu Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 6410615
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation comprising an epoxy resin, a phenolic resin, a hardening accelerator and an inorganic filler. The epoxy resin composition having the following properties (X) to (Z) does not cause the chip tilting attributable to resin flow during resin encapsulation, such as semiconductor element shifting or gold wire deformation, and can obtain highly reliable semiconductor devices: (X) the viscosity thereof as measured with a flow tester at 175° C. is from 50 to 500 P; (Y) the minimum melt viscosity thereof as determined from the temperature dependence of viscosity thereof as measured with a dynamic viscoelastic meter at a shear rate of 5 (1/s) is 1×105 poise or lower; and (Z) the ratio of the viscosity thereof as measured at 90° C. (Z1) to that as measured at 110° C. (Z2) both with a dynamic viscoelastic meter at a shear rate of 5 (1/s), (Z1/Z2), is 2.0 or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Taniguchi, Minoru Yamane, Tsutomu Nishioka, Tadaaki Harada, Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Kazuhiro Ikemura, Sadahito Misumi, Shinichi Ohizumi
  • Patent number: 5290883
    Abstract: An expoxy resin composition, an epoxy resin cured product obtained therefrom, and a bonding method using the composition are disclosed. The epoxy resin composition comprises an epoxy resin composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of an epoxy resin, (B) from 1 to 80 parts by weight of a heat activatable hardener, and (C) from 10 to 100 parts by weight of an aromatic thermoplastic resin powder having a glass transition temperature of 120.degree. C. or more and an average particle diameter of 200 .mu.m or less, said components (A), (B) and (C) being present in a phase separation state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Toshitsugu Hosokawa, Takeshi Yamanaka, Hiraku Yamamoto, Koichi Hashimoto, Akihisa Murata, Katsuhito Kamiya