Patents by Inventor Asuka Endo

Asuka Endo 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: 20240140077
    Abstract: A surface-modified member in which a surface-modifying layer is laminated over at least a part of a resin member containing a thermosetting resin, the surface-modified member containing: a mixed layer that the resin member and the surface-modifying layer are mixed between the resin member and the surface-modifying layer, in which the mixed layer has a thickness of 250 nm to 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Asuka ENDO, Kayo SHIMOKAWA, Ryohei OBAN, Shigeki ISHIGURO
  • Publication number: 20240026100
    Abstract: A surface-modifying sheet contains a release sheet and a surface-modifying layer, the surface-modifying layer has a 160° C. storage modulus of 5.0×103 to 1.0×107 Pa, and the surface-modifying layer has a surface tension of 38 mN/m or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ryohei OBAN, Kayo SHIMOKAWA, Asuka ENDO, Shigeki ISHIGURO
  • Publication number: 20220371314
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a laminate, including: a laminating step of laminating a side of a thermal transfer layer of a thermal transfer sheet having a release sheet and the thermal transfer layer on at least a part of a surface of a resin member by heat bonding, in which the release sheet has no yield points, and has an elongation at break of 100% to 600% in a stress-strain curve measured by a tensile test at a molding temperature T?° C. in the laminating step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Shigeki ISHIGURO, Asuka ENDO, Kayo SHIMOKAWA, Yosuke MAKIHATA, Ryohei OBAN, Kenichi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20220134727
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a laminate, including a laminating step of laminating a side of a thermal transfer layer of a thermal transfer sheet having a release sheet and the thermal transfer layer on at least a part of a surface of a resin member by heat bonding, in which the release sheet has a thermal expansion coefficient ? of ?15%???+7.5% at a molding temperature T?° C. in the laminating step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Kayo SHIMOKAWA, Yosuke MAKIHATA, Asuka ENDO, Eriko NAKAO, Kenichi OKADA, Ryohei OBAN, Shigeki ISHIGURO
  • Publication number: 20210238373
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface-modifying sheet including a release sheet and a surface-modifying layer, the surface-modifying layer having an average thickness of 0.1 ?m to 50 ?m, and the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the thickness of the surface-modifying layer being less than twice the average thickness; and a surface-modified member, a coated article and a method for producing a coated article, using the surface-modifying sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Eriko NAKAO, Asuka ENDO, Kenichi OKADA, Yosuke MAKIHATA, Kayo SHIMOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210238454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface-modifying sheet including a release sheet and a surface-modifying layer, and the surface-modifying layer containing a component that reacts with a thermosetting resin; a surface-modified member, a coated article, a printed article and a joined body, using the surface-modifying sheet; and a method for producing a surface-modified member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Yosuke MAKIHATA, Asuka ENDO, Eriko NAKAO, Kenichi OKADA, Fumika KAWATAKE, Naoyuki NISHIYAMA, Kayo SHIMOKAWA
  • Patent number: 10118999
    Abstract: Polylactic acid film or sheet having tear strength so as not to break or tear during, for example, production or processing of the film or sheet or winding thereof into a roll, and causing neither melt nor deformation at high temperatures more than 100° C. In the polylactic acid film or sheet, the tear strength is not less than 100 N/mm when the film or sheet is torn at least in a flow direction (MD), a rate of dimensional change due to heating is not more than ±3% in the flow direction (MD) and a transverse direction (TD), and a rate of dimensional change due to loaded heating is not more than ±3% in the flow direction (MD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Senda, Shigeki Ishiguro, Satomi Yoshie, Yuka Sekiguchi, Rie Hayashiuchi, Asuka Endo
  • Patent number: 9460952
    Abstract: A film for a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape is a film for a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, including a non-pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on one surface of a plastic film, where the non-pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes a mixed layer of a silicone and a (meth)acrylic polymer; and the (meth)acrylic polymer has a calculated Tg of 10° C. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Yutou, Toshitaka Suzuki, Masato Shirai, Masahiko Ando, Yuka Sekiguchi, Ryoko Asai, Asuka Endo, Rie Hayashiuchi
  • Publication number: 20150072142
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polylactic acid film or sheet having tear strength so as not to break or tear during, for example, production or processing of the film or sheet or winding thereof into a roll, and causing neither melt nor deformation at high temperatures more than 100° C. In the polylactic acid film or sheet according to the present invention, the tear strength is not less than 100 N/mm when the film or sheet is torn at least in a flow direction (MD), a rate of dimensional change due to heating is not more than ±3% in the flow direction (MD) and a transverse direction (TD), and a rate of dimensional change due to loaded heating is not more than ±3% in the flow direction (MD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Senda, Shigeki Ishiguro, Satomi Yoshie, Yuka Sekiguchi, Rie Hayashiuchi, Asuka Endo
  • Publication number: 20150004404
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separator including a separator substrate composed of a polylactic acid film or sheet having tear strength so as not to break or tear during production or processing of the separator. The separator is a separator including a separator substrate and a removable pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on at least one surface of the separator substrate, wherein the separator substrate is composed of a polylactic acid film or sheet comprising polylactic acid (A) wherein the tear strength of the film or sheet is not less than 100 N/mm when the film or sheet is torn at least in a flow direction (MD), a rate of dimensional change due to heating is not more than ±3% in the flow direction (MD) and a transverse direction (TD), and a rate of dimensional change due to loaded heating is not more than ±3% in the flow direction (MD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Senda, Shigeki Ishiguro, Satomi Yoshie, Yuka Sekiguchi, Rie Hayashiuchi, Asuka Endo
  • Publication number: 20140377540
    Abstract: The present invention provides a protection film including a substrate composed of a polylactic acid film or sheet having tear strength so as not to break or tear during production or processing of the protection film. The protection film according to the present invention is a protection film including a substrate and a removable pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the substrate is composed of a polylactic acid film or sheet comprising polylactic acid (A) wherein the tear strength is not less than 100 N/mm when the film or sheet is torn at least in a flow direction (MD), a rate of dimensional change due to heating is not more than ±3% in the flow direction (MD) and in a transverse direction (TD), and a rate of dimensional change due to loaded heating is not more than ±3% in the flow direction (MD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Shigeki Ishiguro, Hiroki Senda, Satomi Yoshie, Yuka Sekiguchi, Rie Hayashiuchi, Asuka Endo
  • Publication number: 20140178620
    Abstract: Provided is the following film for a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape in which a non-pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is provided on a base material film. In the case where dicing or the like is performed by performing adsorption fixation to a fixing base with a negative pressure, the occurrence of excessive close adhesion due to, for example, the heat generation of the base can be effectively suppressed. In addition, the non-pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is provided on the base material film, and hence blocking in a roll shape is effectively suppressed, the film for a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape does not tear or break upon its unwinding from the roll shape, conformity between the non-pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and the base material film is good, and followability to a deformation such as stretching is good. Also provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape including such film for a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Takumi Yutou, Toshitaka Suzuki, Masato Shirai, Masahiko Ando, Yuka Sekiguchi, Ryoko Asai, Asuka Endo, Rie Hayashiuchi
  • Publication number: 20130236723
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polylactic acid-based film or sheet as a resin film or sheet including a polylactic acid (A). The film or sheet has a melt endotherm ?Hc? of 10 J/g or more, where ?Hc? is of a region crystallized upon film formation and specified by following Expression (1): ?Hc?=?Hm??Hc??(1) wherein ?Hc represents an exotherm (J/g) associated with crystallization of the film or sheet in a temperature rise process after film formation; and ?Hm represents an endotherm (J/g) associated with subsequent melting of the film or sheet, each determined by DSC. The film or sheet has a tear strength of 2.5 N/mm or more both in a machine direction (MD) and a transverse direction (TD). The polylactic acid-based resin film or sheet is resistant to melting and deformation even at an elevated temperature higher than 100° C. and is resistant to breaking and tearing during winding into a roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Ishiguro, Satomi Yoshie, Hiroki Senda, Hitoshi Takahira, Yuka Sekiguchi, Rie Hayashiuchi, Asuka Endo