Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Tokunaga

Yasuyuki Tokunaga 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: 8715450
    Abstract: The present invention provides a foamed member capable of inhibiting or preventing foam breakage at the time when the foam member is peeled from a carrier tape, even when the foamed member has a high expansion ratio. The foamed member has a thermoplastic resin foam layer containing a thermoplastic resin foam formed through a step of impregnating a high-pressure inert gas into a thermoplastic resin and subsequently reducing pressure, and at least one of a thermoplastic polyester-based resin layer and a thermoplastic elastomer resin layer disposed on at least one side of the thermoplastic resin foam layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Saitou, Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Hideki Nagatsu
  • Patent number: 8299402
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disassemblable structure including: a double-coated pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or a double-coated pressure sensitive adhesive sheet including a substrate and pressure-sensitive adhesive layers formed on both surfaces of the substrate, at least one of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layers being a thermal foaming agent-containing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; a heating element which foams the thermal foaming agent-containing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer by heating; and a pair of adherends joined to each other through the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet and the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Yamanaka, Michirou Kawanishi, Masahiko Ando, Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Tooru Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20120241079
    Abstract: The present invention provides a foamed member capable of inhibiting or preventing foam breakage at the time when the foam member is peeled from a carrier tape, even when the foamed member has a high expansion ratio. The foamed member has a thermoplastic resin foam layer containing a thermoplastic resin foam formed through a step of impregnating a high-pressure inert gas into a thermoplastic resin and subsequently reducing pressure, and at least one of a thermoplastic polyester-based resin layer and a thermoplastic elastomer resin layer disposed on at least one side of the thermoplastic resin foam layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto SAITOU, Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Hideki Nagatsu
  • Patent number: 8221877
    Abstract: The present invention provides a foamed member capable of inhibiting or preventing foam breakage at the time when the foam member is peeled from a carrier tape, even when the foamed member has a high expansion ratio. The foamed member has a thermoplastic resin foam layer containing a thermoplastic resin foam formed through a step of impregnating a high-pressure inert gas into a thermoplastic resin and subsequently reducing pressure, and at least one of a thermoplastic polyester-based resin layer and a thermoplastic elastomer resin layer disposed on at least one side of the thermoplastic resin foam layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corportion
    Inventors: Makoto Saitou, Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Hideki Nagatsu
  • Patent number: 8211953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyolefin resin foam which includes a polyolefin resin composition includes: (A) a rubber and/or a thermoplastic elastomer; (B) a polyolefin resin; and (C) at least one aliphatic compound selected from an aliphatic acid, an aliphatic acid amide and an aliphatic acid metallic soap, the compound having a polar functional group and having a melting point of 50 to 150° C., in which a content of the aliphatic compound is 1 to 5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the rubber and/or thermoplastic elastomer and the polyolefin resin. The polyolefin resin foam of the invention is excellent in flexibility and cushioning properties, and has good processability, especially excellent cutting processability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Saitou, Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Takio Itou, Hiroki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20120034447
    Abstract: Provided is a heat-expandable removable acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive tape that has high normal-state adhesive power when bonded independently of whether the adherend has or does not have irregular surface and permits easy separation when the bonded region is separated and disassembled by lowering the adhesive power by heating, that permits easily separation-decomposition, even after long-term storage at high temperature. The heat-expandable removable acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet according to the present invention includes at least a heat expanding agent-containing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and the tape or sheet has an initial 90° peel adhesive strength to a polycarbonate plate as adherend of 10 N/25 mm or more and a 90° peel adhesive strength after storage in an atmosphere at 80° C. for 2 months as bonded to the polycarbonate adherend and after heat expansion treatment of less than 10 N/25 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoaki Higuchi, Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Tooru Nakashima, Eiji Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 8101671
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a polyolefin resin foam which is excellent in flexibility, cushioning property and processability, especially excellent in cutting processability. The present invention relates to a polyolefin resin foam obtained by foaming a polyolefin resin composition using carbon dioxide in a supercritical state, wherein the polyolefin resin composition contains at least: (1) a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by subjecting to a dynamically heat treatment a mixture of (A) a rubber, and (B) (B-1) an ?-olefin crystalline thermoplastic resin and/or (B-2) an ?-olefin amorphous thermoplastic resin, each having a melt tension of less than 3.0 cN at a temperature of 210° C. and at a take-up speed of 2.0 m/min, in the presence of (C) a crosslinking agent; (2) a polyolefin resin; and (3) a nucleant agent having an average particle diameter of from 0.1 ?m to less than 2.0 ?m. The polyolefin resin foam has a density, for example, of 0.2 g/cm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignees: JSR Corporation, Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kentarou Kanae, Norihiro Yamamoto, Takio Itou, Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Makoto Saitou
  • Publication number: 20100116807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disassemblable structure including: a double-coated pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or a double-coated pressure sensitive adhesive sheet including a substrate and pressure-sensitive adhesive layers formed on both surfaces of the substrate, at least one of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layers being a thermal foaming agent-containing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; a heating element which foams the thermal foaming agent-containing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer by heating; and a pair of adherends joined to each other through the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet and the heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji YAMANAKA, Michirou KAWANISHI, Masahiko ANDO, Yasuyuki TOKUNAGA, Tooru NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20100016458
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyolefin resin foam which includes a polyolefin resin composition includes: (A) a rubber and/or a thermoplastic elastomer; (B) a polyolefin resin; and (C) at least one aliphatic compound selected from an aliphatic acid, an aliphatic acid amide and an aliphatic acid metallic soap, the compound having a polar functional group and having a melting point of 50 to 150° C., in which a content of the aliphatic compound is 1 to 5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the rubber and/or thermoplastic elastomer and the polyolefin resin. The polyolefin resin foam of the invention is excellent in flexibility and cushioning properties, and has good processability, especially excellent cutting processability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Saitou, Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Takio Itou, Hiroki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20090209670
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a polyolefin resin foam which is excellent in flexibility, cushioning property and processability, especially excellent in cutting processability. The present invention relates to a polyolefin resin foam obtained by foaming a polyolefin resin composition using carbon dioxide in a supercritical state, wherein the polyolefin resin composition contains at least: (1) a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by subjecting to a dynamically heat treatment a mixture of (A) a rubber, and (B) (B-1) an ?-olefin crystalline thermoplastic resin and/or (B-2) an ?-olefin amorphous thermoplastic resin, each having a melt tension of less than 3.0 cN at a temperature of 210° C. and at a take-up speed of 2.0 m/min, in the presence of (C) a crosslinking agent; (2) a polyolefin resin; and (3) a nucleant agent having an average particle diameter of from 0.1 ?m to less than 2.0 ?m. The polyolefin resin foam has a density, for example, of 0.2 g/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicants: JSR CORPORATION, NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentarou Kanae, Norihiro Yamamoto, Takio Itou, Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Makoto Saito
  • Publication number: 20090061206
    Abstract: The present invention provides a foamed member capable of inhibiting or preventing foam breakage at the time when the foam member is peeled from a carrier tape, even when the foamed member has a high expansion ratio. The foamed member has a thermoplastic resin foam layer containing a thermoplastic resin foam formed through a step of impregnating a high-pressure inert gas into a thermoplastic resin and subsequently reducing pressure, and at least one of a thermoplastic polyester-based resin layer and a thermoplastic elastomer resin layer disposed on at least one side of the thermoplastic resin foam layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Saitou, Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Hideki Nagatsu
  • Publication number: 20070104913
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive label has a base having an information indication portion on its one surface thereof, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on another surface of the base. After peeling a release liner, the label is stuck on an outer surface of a housing of the hard disk drive to reduce noise generated when the hard disk drive is driven. The release liner for coating the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an antistatic function and a cut line. The adhesive force of the adhesive layer is reduced by heating. The label has a surface density of not lower than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Takahiro Nonaka, Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Naoyuki Nishiyama, Shinji Inokuchi, Masahiro Ohura, Akihisa Murata, Yasunori Sugihara
  • Patent number: 7196867
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive label has a base having an information indication portion on its one surface thereof, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on another surface of the base. After peeling a release liner, the label is stuck on an outer surface of a housing of the hard disk drive to reduce noise generated when the hard disk drive is driven. The release liner for coating the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an antistatic function and a cut line. The adhesive force of the adhesive layer is reduced by heating. The label has a surface density of not lower than 0.18 (kg/m2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Nonaka, Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Naoyuki Nishiyama, Shinji Inokuchi, Masahiro Ohura, Akihisa Murata, Yasunori Sugihara
  • Patent number: 6903898
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive label has a base having an information indication portion on its one surface thereof, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on another surface of the base. After peeling a release liner, the label is stuck on an outer surface of a housing of the hard disk drive to reduce noise generated when the hard disk drive is driven. The release liner for coating the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an antistatic function and a cut line. The adhesive force of the adhesive layer is reduced by heating. The label has a surface density of not lower than 0.18 (kg/m2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Nonaka, Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Naoyuki Nishiyama, Shinji Inokuchi, Masahiro Ohura, Akihisa Murata, Yasunori Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20050078408
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive label has a base having an information indication portion on its one surface thereof, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on another surface of the base. After peeling a release liner, the label is stuck on an outer surface of a housing of the hard disk drive to reduce noise generated when the hard disk drive is driven. The release liner for coating the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an antistatic function and a cut line. The adhesive force of the adhesive layer is reduced by heating. The label has a surface density of not lower than 0.18 (kg/m2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Takahiro Nonaka, Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Naoyuki Nishiyama, Shinji Inokuchi, Masahiro Ohura, Akihisa Murata, Yasunori Sugihara
  • Patent number: 6805953
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a foamed structure having closed cells or both closed cells and open cells can be effectively used as a waterstop sealing material. In particular, a waterstop sealing material having excellent sealing properties can be provided. The waterstop sealing material comprises a foamed structure having closed cells or both closed cells and open cells, the foamed structure having a multi-layer pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on at least one side thereof, optionally through a base material, the multi-layer pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprising as an outermost layer a layer made of a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a polymer having a polycarbonate structure having a repeating unit represented by formula: wherein R represents a C2-20 straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon group and n represents a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Tachibana, Masahiko Ando, Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Manabu Matsunaga, Atsushi Kuriu
  • Patent number: 6636378
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive label for a hard disk drive includes a substrate, an information indicator formed on one side of the substrate, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer formed on the other side of the substrate. By applying onto the outer surface of a housing of a hard disk drive, the pressure sensitive adhesive label can reduce noise caused by operation of the hard disk drive. The pressure sensitive adhesive label for a hard disk drive can concurrently exhibit various information indicating functions and the function of reducing noise caused by operation of a hard disk drive. By using the pressure sensitive adhesive label, a method can reduce noise caused by operation of a hard disk drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Naoyuki Nishiyama, Yasunori Sugihara, Hideyuki Kitai, Masahiro Ohura
  • Publication number: 20030143389
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a foamed structure having closed cells or both closed cells and open cells can be effectively used as a waterstop sealing material. In particular, a waterstop sealing material having excellent sealing properties can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2000
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Tachibana, Masahiko Ando, Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Manabu Matsunaga, Atsushi Kuriu
  • Publication number: 20020191331
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive label has a base having an information indication portion on its one surface thereof, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on another surface of the base. After peeling a release liner, the label is stuck on an outer surface of a housing of the hard disk drive to reduce noise generated when the hard disk drive is driven. The release liner for coating the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an antistatic function and a cut line. The adhesive force of the adhesive layer is reduced by heating. The label has a surface density of not lower than 0.18 (kg/m2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Takahiro Nonaka, Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Naoyuki Nishiyama, Shinji Inokuchi, Masahiro Ohura, Akihisa Murata, Yasunori Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20020181147
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive label for a hard disk drive includes a substrate, an information indicator formed on one side of the substrate, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer formed on the other side of the substrate. By applying onto the outer surface of a housing of a hard disk drive, the pressure sensitive adhesive label can reduce noise caused by operation of the hard disk drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Naoyuki Nishiyama, Yasunori Sugihara, Hideyuki Kitai, Masahiro Ohura