Patents Assigned to Nippon Carbide Industries Co., Inc.
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Patent number: 11927779Abstract: A method for manufacturing a retroreflective sheet, provided with a retroreflective layer having retroreflective elements on one surface, a back face layer provided to face the retroreflective elements, a coupling portion to couple a part of the retroreflective elements and a part of the back face layer, the method including a preparation step of preparing a resin composition that has a viscosity capable of adhering over a predetermined time after application of predetermined energy, and completes curing after the predetermined time passes, a coating step of applying the resin composition forming the coupling portion on the retroreflective layer or the back face layer, an energy application step of applying the predetermined energy to the resin composition, and a bonding step of bonding the retroreflective layer and the back face layer via the resin composition to which the predetermined energy is applied before the predetermined time passes.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC.Inventors: Chenyang Jiang, Toshiaki Shiomi
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Publication number: 20230052513Abstract: Provided is a multilayer body having good print readability and removability. A multilayer body (1) is for a laser marking label and includes a first layer (10) allowing laser light to pass through, a second layer (20) developing a color by laser light, and a third layer (30) having adhesiveness, which are stacked in this order. The second layer (20) consists of a resin composition containing an acrylic-based copolymer, an isocyanate-based crosslinking agent, a color development pigment, and a white pigment. The isocyanate-based crosslinking agent is selected from (i) an aromatic-aliphatic isocyanate-based crosslinking agent or (ii) a mixture of an aliphatic or alicyclic isocyanate-based crosslinking agent and an aromatic isocyanate-based crosslinking agent. A contained amount of the isocyanate-based crosslinking agent is 5-40 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the acrylic-based copolymer. The second layer (20) is in contact with the first laver (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC.Inventors: Daisuke Yoneda, Misato Matsuno
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Publication number: 20220163708Abstract: A retroreflective sheeting includes: a retroreflective layer that retroreflects light incident on one surface; a light transmissive transparent colored layer provided to face the one surface of the retroreflective layer; and a light non-transmissive opaque layer provided on a side of the transparent colored layer with reference to the one surface of the retroreflective layer, in which the transparent colored layer has a region that is in contact with the opaque layer and does not overlap the opaque layer when the retroreflective layer is viewed in a plan view, and a hue of the region of the transparent colored layer is equivalent to a hue of a region of the opaque layer in contact with the region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicants: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC., HAYASHI TELEMPU CORPORATIONInventors: Taketoshi Hayashi, Arito Kurobe
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Publication number: 20220163817Abstract: A stereoscopic emblem includes: a retroreflective sheeting in which a surface on one side where light is incident and emitted protrudes and a recess is formed on a surface on the other side facing the protruding surface on the one side; a cured resin provided in the recess; and an adhesive layer provided on a side opposite to the retroreflective sheeting side with respect to the cured resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicants: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC., HAYASHI TELEMPU CORPORATIONInventors: Taketoshi Hayashi, Arito Kurobe
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Retroreflective sheet having particles disposed between retroreflective elements and back face layer
Patent number: 11280941Abstract: A retroreflective sheet includes: a retroreflective layer (20) including a plurality of retroreflective elements (24) on one surface; a back face layer (40) provided to face the surface of the retroreflective layer (20) on the side of the retroreflective elements (24) and including a bonding portion (42) bonded to the retroreflective elements (24); and a plurality of particles (30) disposed between the retroreflective elements (24) and the back face layer (40). The bonding portion (42) is continuously formed to surround a plurality of capsule portions (46) in plan view. Voids (32) are formed between the retroreflective elements (24) and the back face layer (40) in the plurality of capsule portions (46).Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC.Inventors: Toshiaki Shiomi, Chenyang Jiang -
Publication number: 20220044596Abstract: Provided is a laminate and label for laser printing which are capable of preventing or reducing the occurrence of failure in printing by laser light irradiation. A laminate (1) is at least a laminate for laser printing, including a first layer (31) having a property of shielding against laser light, a second layer (32) having a property of absorbing the laser light, and a base material layer (33) which is optically transparent, which are stacked in the order named. The second layer (32) may have a thickness of not more than 15 ?m, and may have a specific composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC.Inventor: Kyoko Shiomi
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Patent number: 10330943Abstract: An image display device includes a half mirror, an image output device configured to output a light beam to one face of the half mirror, and a retroreflective member configured to retroreflect at least one of a light beam mirror-reflected off the one face of the half mirror and a light beam transmitted through the one face of the half mirror. The retroreflective member has a base material layer and a plurality of prismatic retroreflective elements formed on one face or two faces of the base material layer. The tilt angle of the optical axis of the prismatic retroreflective element exceeds zero degree.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC.Inventors: Takuma Houzyou, Chihiro Hayashi
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Patent number: 10302954Abstract: An image display device includes a half mirror, an image output device configured to output a light beam to one face of the half mirror, and a retroreflective member configured to retroreflect at least one of a light beam mirror-reflected off the one face of the half mirror and a light beam transmitted through the one face of the half mirror. The retroreflective member has a base material layer and a plurality of prismatic retroreflective elements formed on one face or two faces of the base material layer. The height of the prismatic retroreflective elements is 10 ?m or more and 1,000 ?m or less. The tilt angle of the optical axis of the prismatic retroreflective elements is zero degree.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC.Inventors: Takuma Houzyou, Chihiro Hayashi
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Patent number: 10086592Abstract: A label 1 includes a first colored layer 10, a second colored layer 20 having a different color from the first colored layer 10, and an indicating layer 30 having a different color from the first colored layer 10 and the second colored layer 20. The indicating layer 30 is fitted into the first colored layer 10 so as to have an exposed surface on one surface of the first colored layer 10. The second colored layer 20 is laminated on the other surface F2 of the first colored layer 10. The curing shrinkage ratio of the first colored layer 10 is larger than that of the indicating layer 30.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES, CO., INC.Inventors: Satoshi Kyoda, Shogo Nakada
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Patent number: 9891368Abstract: A multilayer sheet includes a first resin layer, a second resin layer, a particle-containing layer disposed at least between the first and second resin layers and including plural particles and gaps formed between the particles, and an intermediate layer disposed at least one selected from between the first resin layer and the particle-containing layer or between the second resin layer and the particle-containing layer, including a copolymer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 300,000 or more and a molecular weight distribution, expressed as a ratio of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) to a number average molecular weight (Mn), of 6.0 or less and a structural moiety derived from a crosslinking agent adapted to crosslink the copolymer, and having a crosslinking density of from more than 0 mol/m3 to 450 mol/m3.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC.Inventors: Naoki Musashi, Ippei Imagawa, Ichiro Uchijima, Ikuo Mimura
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Publication number: 20160263869Abstract: A label 1 includes a first colored layer 10, a second colored layer 20 having a different color from the first colored layer 10, and an indicating layer 30 having a different color from the first colored layer 10 and the second colored layer 20. The indicating layer 30 is fitted into the first colored layer 10 so as to have an exposed surface on one surface of the first colored layer 10. The second colored layer 20 is laminated on the other surface F2 of the first colored layer 10. The curing shrinkage ratio of the first colored layer 10 is larger than that of the indicating layer 30.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2014Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES, CO., INC.Inventors: Satoshi Kyoda, Shogo Nakada
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Patent number: 9372288Abstract: In cube-corner retroreflective sheeting 3, cube-corner retroreflective elements in at least two mutually adjacent regions A and B rotate with each other around an axis perpendicular to the sheeting, in which cube-corner retroreflective elements 11 and 12 not in contact with boundaries between the regions A and B are cube-corner retroreflective elements having a hexagonal shape, and cube-corner retroreflective elements 11s, 12s, 11t and 12t in contact with the boundaries between the regions A and B are cube-corner retroreflective elements having a shape obtained by cutting parts of one or two reflective lateral surfaces of the cube-corner retroreflective element having a hexagonal shape where the partly cut reflective lateral surfaces are in contact with the boundaries.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC.Inventor: Ikuo Mimura
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Patent number: 9346419Abstract: A sign plate 1 includes a plate-shaped metal plate 2 having a a slot 23 which penetrates from the front surface 21 toward the back surface 22, an RFID inlay 3 arranged on the front surface 21 of the metal plate 2 so as to straddle the slot 23, and a retroreflective sheeting 4 arranged on the front surface 21 of the metal plate 2 and having a mirror reflective region 41 and a non-mirror reflective region 42. In a plan view of the retroreflective sheeting 4, the mirror reflective region 41 includes a plurality of mirror reflective regions which are formed as independent regions by being divided by the non-mirror reflective region 42, the slot 23 region overlaps the mirror reflective region 41 and the non-mirror reflective region 42, and the overlapping mirror reflective region 41 does not straddle the slot 23.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC.Inventors: Katsuhisa Sirosaki, Ikuo Mimura
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Patent number: 9309348Abstract: Provided is an adhesive composition for use in an optical film, which is used for adhering an optical film, shows excellent durability even in a high temperature and high humidity environment, and prevents the occurrence of white spots, and also provided is an optical film with an adhesive. The adhesive composition contains (A) an acrylic copolymer containing a reactive functional group, (B) an isocyanate compound, and (C) a compound having a hydroxy group and a rosin skeleton.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2010Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Nippon Carbide Industries Co., Inc.Inventors: Yosuke Meta, Shinya Hattori, Hiroto Nakano, Akira Kamoi, Naomi Furue
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Patent number: 9156762Abstract: A novel substance, 4,4-bis[(ethenyloxy)methyl]cyclohexene having the formula (I), which is low in odor, low in volatility, and low in skin irritability, and therefore, can be used as, for example, a starting material for inks and a starting material for electronic materials, and a method for producing the same are provided:Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Nippon Carbide Industries Co., Inc.Inventors: Youhei Aburai, Shinichi Kakinuma, Masahiro Murotani
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Patent number: 9096506Abstract: A novel compound, 1,1-bis[(ethenyloxy)methyl]cyclohexane having the formula (I) and having a low odor, low volatility and low skin irritability, which is useful as a starting material for a polymerization composition having a low toxicity and excellent curability, adhesiveness and transparency in the ultraviolet light region, and having a special reactivity alone or with another compound, and a method for producing the same:Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC.Inventors: Shinichi Kakinuma, Masahiro Murotani, Seijin Nakamori
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Patent number: 8927071Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which is excellent in durability under high temperature and humidity conditions and can thus inhibit bright defect even when applied to a large-sized optical film; a pressure-sensitive adhesive; and an optical film. A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including an acrylic copolymer (A) bearing a reactive functional group, an acrylic copolymer (B) and an isocyanate compound (C), wherein the quantity of the isocyanate compound (C) is 5 to 30 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of a mixture of the acrylic copolymer (A) and the acrylic copolymer (B) and the elongation at break and 200% modulus as determined at 25 degrees C. by the tensile test are 300 to 1000% and 0.2 to 3 N/mm2 respectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Nippon Carbide Industries Co., Inc.Inventors: Shinya Hattori, Hiroto Nakano, Akira Kamoi, Naomi Furue, Shuhei Masuda, Hideki Miyazaki, Masahito Saito
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Publication number: 20140366411Abstract: A sign plate 1 includes a plate-shaped metal plate 2 having a a slot 23 which penetrates from the front surface 21 toward the back surface 22, an RFID inlay 3 arranged on the front surface 21 of the metal plate 2 so as to straddle the slot 23, and a retroreflective sheeting 4 arranged on the front surface 21 of the metal plate 2 and having a mirror reflective region 41 and a non-mirror reflective region 42. In a plan view of the retroreflective sheeting 4, the mirror reflective region 41 includes a plurality of mirror reflective regions which are formed as independent regions by being divided by the non-mirror reflective region 42, the slot 23 region overlaps the mirror reflective region 41 and the non-mirror reflective region 42, and the overlapping mirror reflective region 41 does not straddle the slot 23.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: Nippon Carbide Industries Co., IncInventors: Katsuhisa Sirosaki, Ikuo Mimura
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Publication number: 20140212645Abstract: The optical composite sheet 1 includes a first optical layer 10 and a second optical layer 20, and a low-refractive index layer 30 that is laminated at least between the first optical layer 10 and the second optical layer 20 and has a lower refractive index than the refractive indices of the first optical layer 10 and the second optical layer 20. The low-refractive index layer 30 is characterized by containing many particles 50 having an average particle size of 5 nm to 300 nm, a binder resin 35 that binds the surface sites of the particles 50 to each other, and gaps 36 that are formed among the particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC.Inventors: Ikuo Mimura, Atsushi Shibata, Naoki Musashi, Shinya Hattori, Ippei Imagawa
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Patent number: 8728360Abstract: [Object] An apparatus and a method for producing optical sheeting with which increased productivity can be achieved while maintaining the accuracy of produced optical sheeting.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2009Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Nippon Carbide Industries Co., Inc.Inventors: Ikuo Mimura, Chihiro Hayashi, Akihiro Mathuda, Hiroshi Hamada, Naotake Osaki