Patents by Inventor Yasuaki Tanaka

Yasuaki Tanaka 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: 9684240
    Abstract: To provide a negative-working photosensitive siloxane composition developable inorganically, and also to provide a cured film-manufacturing method employing that. The present invention provides a negative-working photosensitive siloxane composition comprising a polysiloxane, a silicon-containing compound having an ureido bond, a polymerization initiator, and a solvent. This composition is coat on a substrate, exposed to light, and developed, so that a cured film can be obtained without carrying out post-exposure baking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Daishi Yokoyama, Atsuko Noya, Yuji Tashiro, Naofumi Yoshida, Yasuaki Tanaka, Takashi Fuke, Megumi Takahashi, Katsuto Taniguchi, Toshiaki Nonaka
  • Patent number: 9523139
    Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet excellent in ductility, work hardenability, and stretch flangeability, and having tensile strength of 780 MPa or more includes: a chemical composition containing, in mass percent, C: more than 0.020% to less than 0.30%, Si: more than 0.10% to 3.00% or less, Mn: more than 1.00% to 3.50% or less; and metallurgical structure whose main phase is a low-temperature transformation product, and whose secondary phase contains retained austenite. The retained austenite has a volume fraction relative to overall structure of more than 4.0% to less than 25.0% and an average grain size of less than 0.80 ?m, and of the retained austenite, the number density of retained austenite grains whose grain size is 1.2 ?m or more is 3.0×10?2 grains/?m2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Haga, Takuya Nishio, Masayuki Wakita, Yasuaki Tanaka, Norio Imai, Toshiro Tomida
  • Patent number: 9505888
    Abstract: [Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a composite of metal oxide nanoparticles and a silsesquioxane polymer, which can form a high-quality cured film wherein aggregation and the like of metal oxide do not occur during a curing process and the metal oxide is uniformly dispersed. [Means for Solution] Provided are: a method of producing a composite of metal oxide nanoparticles and a silsesquioxane polymer, the method comprising reacting a silsesquioxane polymer having a silanol group at a terminal, or a silane monomer with metal oxide nanoparticles having a hydroxyl group or an alkoxy group on the surface in an aqueous solvent in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst; and a composite produced by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Naofumi Yoshida, Yuji Tashiro, Daishi Yokoyama, Yasuaki Tanaka, Takashi Fuke, Megumi Takahashi, Toshiaki Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20150344996
    Abstract: The steel material for an impact absorbing member has a composition containing: by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.18%, Mn: 1 to 3%, Si+Al: at least 0.5% and less than 2.5%, and N: 0.001 to 0.015%, and in some cases, Cr: at most 0.5%, Mo: at most 0.2%, Ti: at most 0.05%, Nb: at most 0.05%, V: at most 0.2%, and B: at most 0.002%, the remainder being Fe and impurities. The steel material structure contains at least 70% by area of bainite made up of a lath structure having an average interval of at most 1 mm and martensite, 5 to 30%, and satisfies Formulas (1) and (2): (1) 1.2 £ HM0/HB0 £ 1.6, (2) 0.90 £ {(HM10/HM0)/(HB10/HB0) £ 1.3, where HM0 and HM10 represent average nano hardness in an initial state and after 10% tensile deformation of the martensite, and HB0 and HB0 represent that of bainite, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Kaori KAWANO, Masahito TASAKA, Yoshiaki NAKAZAWA, Yasuaki TANAKA, Toshiro TOMIDA
  • Publication number: 20150329679
    Abstract: [Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a composite of metal oxide nanoparticles and a silsesquioxane polymer, which can form a high-quality cured film wherein aggregation and the like of metal oxide do not occur during a curing process and the metal oxide is uniformly dispersed. [Means for Solution] Provided are: a method of producing a composite of metal oxide nanoparticles and a silsesquioxane polymer, the method comprising reacting a silsesquioxane polymer having a silanol group at a terminal, or a silane monomer with metal oxide nanoparticles having a hydroxyl group or an alkoxy group on the surface in an aqueous solvent in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst; and a composite produced by the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Naofumi YOSHIDA, Yuji TASHIRO, Daishi YOKOYAMA, Yasuaki TANAKA, Takashi FUKE, Megumi TAKAHASHI, Toshiaki NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20150331319
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a negative-working photosensitive siloxane composition developable inorganically, and also to provide a cured film-manufacturing method employing that. [Means] The present invention provides a negative-working photosensitive siloxane composition comprising a polysiloxane, a silicon-containing compound having an ureido bond, a polymerization initiator, and a solvent. This composition is coat on a substrate, exposed to light, and developed, so that a cured film can be obtained without carrying out post-exposure baking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Daishi Yokoyama, Atsuko Noya, Yuji Tashiro, Naofumi Yoshida, Yasuaki Tanaka, Takashi Fuke, Megumi Takahashi, Katsuto Taniguchi, Toshiaki Nonaka
  • Patent number: 9164386
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a negative-working photosensitive siloxane composition developable inorganically, and also to provide a cured film-manufacturing method employing that. [Means] The present invention provides a negative-working photosensitive siloxane composition comprising a polysiloxane, a silicon-containing compound having a pKa of 2.0 to 15.7, a photo-polymerization initiator, and a solvent. This composition is coat on a substrate, exposed to light, developed with an inorganic developer, and heated, so that a cured film can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Daishi Yokoyama, Atsuko Noya, Yuji Tashiro, Naofumi Yoshida, Yasuaki Tanaka, Takashi Fuke, Megumi Takahashi, Katsuto Taniguchi, Toshiaki Nonaka
  • Patent number: 9091920
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a photosensitive siloxane resin composition excellent in alkali-solubility and in sensitivity, and also to provide a pattern-formation method employing that. [Means] The present invention provides a photosensitive siloxane resin composition comprising: a siloxane resin having silanol groups or alkoxysilyl groups, a crown ether, a photosensitive material, and an organic solvent. This photosensitive composition is cast on a substrate, subjected to imagewise exposure, treated with an alkali aqueous solution, and cured to form a pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Takashi Sekito, Daishi Yokoyama, Takashi Fuke, Yuki Tashiro, Toshiaki Nonaka, Yasuaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150098857
    Abstract: A steel material contains: by mass %, C: greater than 0.05% to 0.18%; Mn: 1% to 3%; Si: greater than 0.5% to 1.8%; Al: 0.01% to 0.5%; N: 0.001% to 0.015%; one or both of V and Ti: 0.01% to 0.3% in total; Cr: 0% to 0.25%; Mo: 0% to 0.35%; a balance: Fe and impurities; and 80% or more of bainite by area %, and 5% or more in total of one or two or more selected from a group consisting of ferrite, martensite and austenite by area %, in which an average block size of the above-described bainite is less than 2.0 ?m, an average grain diameter of all of the above-described ferrite, martensite and austenite is less than 1.0 ?m, an average nanohardness of the above-described bainite is 4.0 GPa to 5.0 GPa, and MX-type carbides each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 10 nm or more exist with an average grain spacing of 300 nm or less therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Kawano, Yasuaki Tanaka, Masahito Tasaka, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Toshiro Tomida
  • Publication number: 20150075680
    Abstract: A steel sheet suitable as a starting material for a vehicle impact absorbing member with high absorption of impact energy and resistance to cracking contains, by mass %, C: 0.08-0.30%, Mn: 1.5-3.5%; Si+Al: 0.50-3.0%, P: 0.10% or less, S: at most 0.010%, and N: at most 0.010%, and optionally, one or more types selected from Cr: at most 0.5%, Mo: at most 0.5%, B: at most 0.010%, Ti: less than 0.04%, Nb: less than 0.030%, V: less than 0.5%, Ca: at most 0.010%, Mg: at most 0.010%, REM: at most 0.050%, and Bi: at most 0.050%. The microstructure contains, by area %, bainite: more than 50%, martensite: 3-30%, and retained austenite: 3-15%, the remainder comprising ferrite having an average grain diameter of less than 5 mm. The product of uniform elongation and hole expansion ratio is at least 300%2 and 5% effective flow stress is at least 900 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuaki Tanaka, Kaori Kawano, Masahito Tasaka, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Takuya Nishio, Masayuki Wakita, Jun Haga, Toshiro Tomida
  • Publication number: 20150071812
    Abstract: A steel material having a chemical composition of, by mass %, C: greater than 0.05% to 0.2%, Mn: 1% to 3%, Si: greater than 0.5% to 1.8%, Al: 0.01% to 0.5%, N: 0.001% to 0.015%, Ti or a sum of V and Ti: greater than 0.1% to 0.25%, Ti: 0.001% or more, Cr: 0% to 0.25%, Mo: 0% to 0.35%, and a balance: Fe and impurities, includes a steel structure being a multi-phase structure having a main phase made of ferrite of 50 area % or more, and a second phase containing one or two or more selected from a group consisting of bainite, martensite and austenite, in which an average nanohardness of the above-described second phase is less than 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Kawano, Masahito Tasaka, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Yasuaki Tanaka, Toshiro Tomida
  • Publication number: 20150064613
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a negative-working photosensitive siloxane composition developable inorganically, and also to provide a cured film-manufacturing method employing that. [Means] The present invention provides a negative-working photosensitive siloxane composition comprising a polysiloxane, a silicon-containing compound having a pKa of 2.0 to 15.7, a photo-polymerization initiator, and a solvent. This composition is coat on a substrate, exposed to light, developed with an inorganic developer, and heated, so that a cured film can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Daishi Yokoyama, Atsuko Noya, Yuji Tashiro, Naofumi Yoshida, Yasuaki Tanaka, Takashi Fuke, Megumi Takahashi, Katsuto Taniguchi, Toshiaki Nonaka
  • Patent number: 8964190
    Abstract: The throughput of the alignment in an alignment apparatus is improved. There is provided an alignment apparatus for aligning a substrate having an alignment mark, including a first aligner that aligns the substrate to a first reference position, a second aligner that aligns a substrate holder to a second reference position before the substrate holder holds the substrate, and a position detector that detects a position of the alignment mark of the substrate after the substrate holder holds the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Tanaka, Satoro Sanada
  • Patent number: 8906993
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a coating composition excellent in coatability and free from viscosity increase caused by degradation over time, and also to provide a hardened film-formation method employing that. [Means] The present invention provides a coating composition comprising: a siloxane resin having silanol groups or alkoxysilyl groups, and a polyol having hydroxyl groups at both ends of a straight 2 to 5 carbon atom hydrocarbon chain. This coating composition enables to form a hardened film of high transparency, of high insulation and of low dielectricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: AZ Electronic Materials USA Corp.
    Inventors: Takashi Sekito, Daishi Yokoyama, Takashi Fuke, Yuji Tashiro, Toshiaki Nonaka, Yasuaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140335448
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a photosensitive siloxane resin composition excellent in alkali-solubility and in sensitivity, and also to provide a pattern-formation method employing that. [Means] The present invention provides a photosensitive siloxane resin composition comprising: a siloxane resin having silanol groups or alkoxysilyl groups, a crown ether, a photosensitive material, and an organic solvent. This photosensitive composition is cast on a substrate, subjected to imagewise exposure, treated with an alkali aqueous solution, and cured to form a pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS USA CORP.
    Inventors: Takashi Sekito, Daishi Yokoyama, Takashi Fuke, Yuki Tashiro, Toshiaki Nonaka, Yasuaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140241933
    Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet excellent in ductility, work hardenability, and stretch flangeability, and having tensile strength of 780 MPa or more includes: a chemical composition containing, in mass percent, C: more than 0.020% to less than 0.30%, Si: more than 0.10% to 3.00% or less, Mn: more than 1.00% to 3.50% or less; and metallurgical structure whose main phase is a low-temperature transformation product, and whose secondary phase contains retained austenite. The retained austenite has a volume fraction relative to overall structure of more than 4.0% to less than 25.0% and an average grain size of less than 0.80 ?m, and of the retained austenite, the number density of retained austenite grains whose grain size is 1.2 ?m or more is 3.0×10?2 grains/?m2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Haga, Takuya Nishio, Masayuki Wakita, Yasuaki Tanaka, Norio Imai, Toshiro Tomida
  • Publication number: 20140238557
    Abstract: A method for producing a high-tensile cold-rolled steel sheet includes subjecting a slab having a composition containing C: more than 0.020% and less than 0.30%, Si: more than 0.10% and 3.00% or less, and Mn: more than 1.00% and 3.50% or less to hot rolling wherein the roll draft of the final one pass is higher than 15%, and rolling is finished in the temperature region of Ar3 point or higher, optionally annealing wherein the hot-rolled steel sheet is heated to 300° C. or higher after being cooled to 780° C. or lower, coiling higher than 400° C. or lower than 400° C., cold rolling the hot-rolled steel sheet or the annealed steel sheet, and annealing wherein the cold-rolled steel sheet is soaked in the temperature region of (Ac3 point?40° C.) or higher, cooling to 500° C. or lower and 300° C. or higher, and holding in that temperature region for 30 seconds or longer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Haga, Takuya Nishio, Masayuki Wakita, Yasuaki Tanaka, Norio Imai, Toshiro Tomida, Mitsuru Yoshida, Kengo Hata
  • Publication number: 20140212686
    Abstract: A hot-dip galvanized cold-rolled steel sheet has a tensile strength of 750 MPa or higher, a composition consisting, in mass percent, of C: more than 0.10% and less than 0.25%, Si: more than 0.50% and less than 2.0%, Mn: more than 1.50% and 3.0% or less, and optionally containing one or more types of Ti, Nb, V, Cr, Mo, B, Ca, Mg, REM, and Bi, P: less than 0.050%, S: 0.010% or less, sol. Al: 0.50% or less, and N: 0.010% or less, and a main phase as a low-temperature transformation product and a second phase as retained austenite. The retained austenite volume fraction is more than 4.0% and less than 25.0% of the whole structure, and has an average grain size of less than 0.80 ?m. A number density of retained austenite grains having a grain size of 1.2 ?m or more is 3.0?10?2/?m2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norio Imai, Masayuki Wakita, Takuya Nishio, Jun Haga, Kengo Hata, Yasuaki Tanaka, Mitsuru Yoshida, Hiroshi Takebayashi, Suguhiro Fukushima, Toshiro Tomida
  • Publication number: 20140024758
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a coating composition excellent in coatability and free from viscosity increase caused by degradation over time, and also to provide a hardened film-formation method employing that. [Means] The present invention provides a coating composition comprising: a siloxane resin having silanol groups or alkoxysilyl groups, and a polyol having hydroxyl groups at both ends of a straight 2 to 5 carbon atom hydrocarbon chain. This coating composition enables to form a hardened film of high transparency, of high insulation and of low dielectricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS USA CORP.
    Inventors: Takashi Sekito, Daishi Yokoyama, Takashi Fuke, Yuji Tashiro, Toshiaki Nonaka, Yasuaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130274915
    Abstract: Provided is a transport method comprising judging whether there is a possibility that misalignment greater than or equal to a threshold value occurs between substrates to be layered that are held by a pair of substrate holders aligned and stacked by an aligning section, the misalignment occurring when the pair of substrate holders is transported from the aligning section to a pressure applying section; and if the judgment indicates that there is the possibility of misalignment, transporting the pair of substrate holders to a region other than the pressure applying section. Whether there is the possibility of misalignment may be judged based on acceleration of the substrate holders. Whether there is the possibility of misalignment may be judged based on acceleration of a transporting section that transports the substrate holders. Whether there is the possibility of misalignment may be judged based on relative positions of the substrate holders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Hidehiro Maeda, Kazuya Okamoto, Yasuaki Tanaka