Patents by Inventor Akira Moribe

Akira Moribe 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).

  • Ultraviolet-hardenable adhesive
    Patent number: 5145884
    Abstract: An ultraviolet-hardenable adhesive for bonding a non-water swellable, ophthalmic-lens to a support member, in producing a non-water swellable ophthalmic lens, the adhesive containing at least one photopolymerizing monomer, and at least one photoinitiator, the at least one photopolymerizing monomer being selected from the group consisting of acrylates or methacrylates represented by following general formulas (I) and (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or methyl,R.sub.2 is hydrogen or methyl,R.sub.3 is hydrogen or methyl,m is a positive integer from 2 to 20, andn is a positive integer from 1 to 5.A method of bonding a lens blank to a support member with an adhesive, and a processing of manufacturing a lens using an adhesive, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Menicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi Yamamoto, Yuzo Kaga, Toshiharu Yoshikawa, Akira Moribe
  • Ultraviolet-hardenable adhesive and bonding method employing same
    Patent number: 5007975
    Abstract: An ultraviolet-hardenable adhesive for bonding a non-water swellable, ophthalmic-lens blank to a support member, in producing a non-water swellable ophthalmic lens, the adhesive containing at least one photopolymerizing monomer, and at least one photoinitiator, the at least one photopolymerizing monomer being selected from the group consisting of acrylates or methacrylates represented by following general formulas (I) and (II): ##STR1## , wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or methyl,R.sub.2 is hydrogen or methyl,R.sub.3 is hydrogen or methyl,m is a positive integer from 2 to 10, andn is a positive integer from 1 to 5.A method of bonding a lens blank to a support member with an adhesive, and a processing of manufacturing a lens using an adhesive, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Menicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi Yamamoto, Yuzo Kaga, Toshiharu Yoshikawa, Akira Moribe