Patents by Inventor Atsushi Yaginuma

Atsushi Yaginuma 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: 11827799
    Abstract: Provided is an ultraviolet curable silicone composition capable of being ejected via inkjet ejection. The composition of the invention is an ultraviolet curable silicone composition comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane represented by the following general formula (1) wherein each R1 independently represents a group selected from a monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group, an alkyl acrylate group and an alkyl methacrylate group, while the component (A) has per molecule at least two groups selected from an acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group, an alkyl acrylate group and an alkyl methacrylate group; n represents a number satisfying 10?n?1,000; (B) a monofunctional (meth)acrylate compound having no siloxane structure; and/or (C) a multifunctional (meth)acrylate compound having no siloxane structure; and (D) a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Matsumoto, Taichi Kitagawa, Atsushi Yaginuma, Masaaki Shirota
  • Patent number: 11370869
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an ultraviolet curable silicone composition for stereolithography, which contains (A) an organopolysiloxane that has two groups represented by formula (1) (wherein each R1 independently represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1-20 carbon atoms; R2 represents an oxygen atom or the like; R3 represents an acryloyloxyalkyl group or the like; p represents a number satisfying 0?p?10; and a represents a number satisfying 1?a?3) in each molecule, (B) an organopolysiloxane resin that is composed of (a) a unit represented by formula (2) (wherein R1-R3, a and p are as defined above), (b) an R43SiO1/2 unit (wherein each R4 independently represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1-10 carbon atoms) and (c) an SiO4/2 unit, and wherein the molar ratio of the total of the unit (a) and the unit (b) to the unit (c) is within the range of 0.6-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Otake, Nobuaki Matsumoto, Taichi Kitagawa, Toshiyuki Ozai, Atsushi Yaginuma
  • Publication number: 20220119663
    Abstract: Provided is an ultraviolet curable silicone composition capable of being ejected via inkjet ejection. The composition of the invention is an ultraviolet curable silicone composition comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane represented by the following general formula (1) wherein each R1 independently represents a group selected from a monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group, an alkyl acrylate group and an alkyl methacrylate group, while the component (A) has per molecule at least two groups selected from an acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group, an alkyl acrylate group and an alkyl methacrylate group; n represents a number satisfying 10?n?1,000; (B) a monofunctional (meth)acrylate compound having no siloxane structure; and/or (C) a multifunctional (meth)acrylate compound having no siloxane structure; and (D) a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuaki MATSUMOTO, Taichi KITAGAWA, Atsushi YAGINUMA, Masaaki SHIROTA
  • Publication number: 20220106506
    Abstract: An ultraviolet ray-curable silicone adhesive agent composition comprising (A) a polysiloxane represented by formula (1): (R1SiO3/2)a1(R13SiO1/2)b1(X1O1/2)c1 (wherein R1 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group wherein a methyl group accounts for 20 mol % or more and an alkenyl group accounts for 0.1 to 50 mol %; X1 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; a1 represents 0.1 to 1; b1 represents 0 to 0.75; and c1 represents 0 to 0.1; and the requirement represented by the formula: a1+b1+c1=1 is satisfied), (B) a polysiloxane represented by formula (2): (R23SiO1/2)a2(R22SiO)b2 (wherein R2 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group wherein a methyl group accounts for 20 mol % or more and an alkenyl group accounts for 0.01 to 25 mol %; a2 represents 0.001 to 0.67; b2 represents 0.33 to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeharu TOYOSHIMA, Atsushi YAGINUMA, Toshiyuki OZAI
  • Publication number: 20210309782
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an ultraviolet curable silicone composition for stereolithography, which contains (A) an organopolysiloxane that has two groups represented by formula (1) (wherein each R1 independently represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1-20 carbon atoms; R2 represents an oxygen atom or the like; R3 represents an acryloyloxyalkyl group or the like; p represents a number satisfying 0?p?10; and a represents a number satisfying 1?a?3) in each molecule, (B) an organopolysiloxane resin that is composed of (a) a unit represented by formula (2) (wherein R1-R3, a and p are as defined above), (b) an R43SiO1/2 unit (wherein each R4 independently represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1-10 carbon atoms) and (c) an SiO4/2 unit, and wherein the molar ratio of the total of the unit (a) and the unit (b) to the unit (c) is within the range of 0.6-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei OTAKE, Nobuaki MATSUMOTO, Taichi KITAGAWA, Toshiyuki OZAI, Atsushi YAGINUMA
  • Patent number: 11124680
    Abstract: An ultraviolet-curable pressure-sensitive silicone adhesive composition which comprises: 100 parts of an organopolysiloxane (A) having, in the molecule, two groups represented by general formula (1) (wherein R1 represents a C1-20 monovalent hydrocarbon group, R2 represents an oxygen atom, etc., R3 represents an acryloyloxyalkyl group, etc., p and a respectively indicate numbers satisfying 0?p?10 and 1?a?3); 1-500 parts of a monofunctional (meth)acrylate compound (B) containing no siloxane structure and/or a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate compound (C) containing no siloxane structure; 1-5,000 parts of an oranopolysiloxane resin (D) comprising R43SiO1/2 units (a) (wherein R4 represents a C1-10 monovalent hydrocarbon group) and SiO4/2 units (b), the (a)/(b) molar ratio being (0.6-1.2)/1; and 0.01-20 parts of a photopolymerization initiator (E). This composition has satisfactory applicability and curability and gives a cured object which, when used as a temporary fixer, has excellent tackiness and strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Otake, Nobuaki Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Matsuda, Atsushi Yaginuma
  • Publication number: 20200325335
    Abstract: A silicone composition that includes: 100 parts by mass of an organopolysiloxane having the viscosity at 25° C. of 0.01 to 100 Pa·s and two or more alkenyl groups bonded to a silicon atom in one molecule; 1 to 500 parts by mass of a silicone resin of a SiO4/2 unit and a R1SiO3/2 unit; 10 to 500 parts by mass of hydrophobic silica particles in the range of 20 nm to 1,000 nm, and the degree of hydrophobization due to a methanol titrimetric method of 60% or larger; an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having two or more hydrogen atoms bonded to a silicon atom in one molecule, in an amount to provide 0.4 to 5.0 mol of the silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms within the component for every 1 mol of a total of the alkenyl groups bonded to all silicon atoms in the composition; and an effective amount of a platinum group metal catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taichi KITAGAWA, Nobuaki MATSUMOTO, Kazuyuki MATSUMURA, Atsushi YAGINUMA
  • Publication number: 20200131408
    Abstract: An ultraviolet-curable pressure-sensitive silicone adhesive composition which comprises: 100 parts of an organopolysiloxane (A) having, in the molecule, two groups represented by general formula (1) (wherein R1 represents a C1-20 monovalent hydrocarbon group, R2 represents an oxygen atom, etc., R3 represents an acryloyloxyalkyl group, etc., p and a respectively indicate numbers satisfying 0?p?10 and 1?a?3); 1-500 parts of a monofunctional (meth)acrylate compound (B) containing no siloxane structure and/or a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate compound (C) containing no siloxane structure; 1-5,000 parts of an oranopolysiloxane resin (D) comprising R43SiO1/2 units (a) (wherein R4 represents a C1-10 monovalent hydrocarbon group) and SiO4/2 units (b), the (a)/(b) molar ratio being (0.6-1.2)/1; and 0.01-20 parts of a photopolymerization initiator (E). This composition has satisfactory applicability and curability and gives a cured object which, when used as a temporary fixer, has excellent tackiness and strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei OTAKE, Nobuaki MATSUMOTO, Tsuyoshi MATSUDA, Atsushi YAGINUMA
  • Publication number: 20190233670
    Abstract: Provided is an ultraviolet curable silicone composition capable of being ejected via inkjet ejection. The composition of the invention is an ultraviolet curable silicone composition comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane represented by the following general formula (1) wherein each R1 independently represents a group selected from a monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group, an alkyl acrylate group and an alkyl methacrylate group, while the component (A) has per molecule at least two groups selected from an acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group, an alkyl acrylate group and an alkyl methacrylate group; n represents a number satisfying 10?n?1,000; (B) a monofunctional (meth)acrylate compound having no siloxane structure; and/or (C) a multifunctional (meth)acrylate compound having no siloxane structure; and (D) a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuaki MATSUMOTO, Taichi KITAGAWA, Atsushi YAGINUMA, Masaaki SHIROTA
  • Publication number: 20170275406
    Abstract: A UV curable silicone composition comprises: (A) 100 parts by mass of an organopolysiloxane represented by formula (1) wherein n represents a number satisfying 1?n?100, Ar represents an aromatic group, each of F1 and F2 is selected from groups of formulae (2) and (3), and a ratio of the number of terminal groups of the formula (3) to a total number of all the terminal groups is not lower than 20%, wherein each R1 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein m represents a number satisfying 0?m?10, each R1 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R2 represents an oxygen atom or an alkylene group, and R3 represents an acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group, an acryloyloxyalkyl group or a methacryloyloxyalkyl group; and (B) 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuaki MATSUMOTO, Atsushi YAGINUMA, Toshiyuki OZAI, Shinji KIMURA, Taichi KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9520522
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solar cell module comprising pressing a first silicone gel sheet provided on a sunlight receiving surface of a solar cell string and a second silicone gel sheet provided on an opposite side sunlight non-receiving surface of the solar cell string in vacuum to encapsulate the solar cell string with the first and second silicone gel sheets; disposing the sunlight receiving surface side of the first silicone gel sheet on one surface of a transparent light receiving panel and disposing butyl rubber in a picture frame-like shape along an outer peripheral portion of a panel where the first silicone gel sheet is not formed and laying the light receiving panel and the light non-receiving panel or back sheet over each other with the silicone gel sheet-encapsulated solar cell string on the inside, and pressing them at 100 to 150° C. in vacuum to press bond the light receiving surface panel and the light non-receiving surface panel or back sheet to each other through the butyl rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Furihata, Atsuo Ito, Hiroto Ohwada, Hyung Bae Kim, Sumio Sekiyama, Junichi Tsukada, Atsushi Yaginuma, Naoki Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20160300969
    Abstract: This silicone adhesive sheet, which has ultraviolet ray shielding properties and is for sealing a solar cell, and which forms a silicone adhesive layer contacting a back surface panel in a solar cell module provided with a light-receiving surface panel, a back surface panel, a silicone adhesive layer contacting both surface panels, and a plurality of solar cells that are sealed by being interposed between both adhesive layers, is characterized by imparting a light transmission rate of no greater than 30% when measuring the light transmission rate at a wavelength of 380 nm to a cured product having a thickness of 2 mm. The silicone adhesive sheet is of a millable type able to capable of extrusion molding, calendering molding, and the like, and modularization using a vacuum laminator is possible of a laminate of a light-receiving surface panel, a silicone adhesive sheet, a solar cell, the silicone adhesive sheet of the present invention, and a back surface panel (back sheet).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki YAMAKAWA, Minoru IGARASHI, Atsushi YAGINUMA, Tomoyoshi FURIHATA, Hiroto OHWADA, Junichi TSUKADA, Atsuo ITO
  • Patent number: 9385253
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solar cell module comprising adhering a first silicone gel sheet to one surface of a transparent light receiving panel to be a sunlight incidence surface; adhering a second silicone gel sheet to one surface of a light non-receiving panel or back sheet on the side opposite to the sunlight incidence surface; disposing a solar cell string on the first silicone gel sheet of the light receiving panel, and disposing butyl rubber in a picture frame-like shape along an outer peripheral region of a panel where either of the silicone gel sheets are not formed; and laying the light receiving panel and the light non-receiving panel or back sheet over each other with the silicone gel sheets on the inside, and pressing them at 100 to 150° C. in vacuum to encapsulate the solar cell string with the silicone gel sheets and press bond the light receiving panel and the light non-receiving panel or back sheet to each other through the butyl rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Furihata, Atsuo Ito, Hiroto Ohwada, Hyung Bae Kim, Sumio Sekiyama, Junichi Tsukada, Atsushi Yaginuma, Naoki Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 9299875
    Abstract: A solar cell module is manufactured by encapsulating a solar cell matrix comprising a plurality of electrically connected solar cell components between a transparent panel and a backsheet with a resin. The method involves (i) embossing opposite surfaces of a green silicone rubber sheet, (ii) arranging a transparent panel (13a), silicone rubber sheet (11), solar cell matrix (14), silicone rubber sheet (11), and backsheet (13b) to form a multilayer assembly, and (iii) heating and compressing the assembly for vacuum lamination for establishing a seal around the solar cell matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Furihata, Hiroto Ohwada, Junichi Tsukada, Atsuo Ito, Atsushi Yaginuma, Naoki Yamakawa, Minoru Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20150287860
    Abstract: A solar cell module is constructed from light-receiving surface and back surface panels, a solar cell matrix comprising a plurality of solar cells sandwiched between the panels, and a silicone encapsulant layer for encapsulating the solar cell matrix. A silicone encapsulant composition is to form the silicone encapsulant layer that has a storage elastic modulus of 1-300 MPa in a temperature range of ?40° C. to 85° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Tsukada, Tomoyoshi Furihata, Hiroto Ohwada, Atsuo Ito, Naoki Yamakawa, Atsushi Yaginuma
  • Publication number: 20150064831
    Abstract: A solar cell module is manufactured by encapsulating a solar cell matrix comprising a plurality of electrically connected solar cell components between a transparent panel and a backsheet with a resin. The method involves (i) embossing opposite surfaces of a green silicone rubber sheet, (ii) arranging a transparent panel (13a), silicone rubber sheet (11), solar cell matrix (14), silicone rubber sheet (11), and backsheet (13b) to form a multilayer assembly, and (iii) heating and compressing the assembly for vacuum lamination for establishing a seal around the solar cell matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Furihata, Hiroto Ohwada, Junichi Tsukada, Atsuo Ito, Atsushi Yaginuma, Naoki Yamakawa, Minoru Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20150000738
    Abstract: A solar cell module is provided comprising a first substrate (1a), a thin-film solar cell (2) comprising a metal electrode layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a light-transmissive electrode layer disposed on the first substrate (1a), a transparent second substrate (1b) opposed to the solar cell on the first substrate, a light-transmissive silicone gel layer (3) interposed between the first and second substrates, and a seal (4?) of a water vapor non-permeable, rubber-based thermoplastic sealing material surrounding the outer periphery of the silicone gel layer. The module has long-term reliability and high efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuo Ito, Tomoyoshi Furihata, Hiroto Ohwada, Hyung Bae Kim, Atsushi Yaginuma, Naoki Yamakawa, Minoru Igarashi, Masakatsu Hotta, Tsutomu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20140099746
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solar cell module includes pressing a first silicone gel sheet provided on a sunlight receiving surface and a second silicone gel sheet provided on an opposite side sunlight non-receiving surface in vacuum to encapsulate the solar cell string with the first and second silicone gel sheets; disposing the sunlight receiving side of the first silicone gel sheet on one surface of a transparent light receiving panel and disposing butyl rubber in a picture frame-like shape along an outer peripheral portion of the first silicone gel sheet and laying the light receiving panel and the light non-receiving panel or back sheet over each other with the silicone gel sheet-encapsulated solar cell string on the inside, and pressing them at 100 to 150° C. in vacuum to press bond the light receiving panel and the non-receiving panel to each other through the butyl rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Furihata, Atsuo Ito, Hiroto Ohwada, Hyung Bae Kim, Sumio Sekiyama, Junichi Tsukada, Atsushi Yaginuma, Naoki Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20140096885
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solar cell module includes adhering a first silicone gel sheet to one surface of a transparent light receiving panel to be a sunlight incidence surface; adhering a second silicone gel sheet to one surface of a light non-receiving panel on the side opposite to the sunlight incidence surface; disposing a solar cell string on the first silicone gel sheet of the light receiving panel, and disposing butyl rubber in a picture frame-like shape along an outer peripheral portion of the first silicone gel sheet; and laying the light receiving panel and the non-receiving panel over each other with the silicone gel sheets on the inside, and pressing them at 100 to 150° C. in vacuum to encapsulate the solar cell string with the silicone gel sheets and press bond the light receiving panel and the non-receiving panel to each other through the butyl rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Furihata, Atsuo Ito, Hiroto Ohwada, Hyung Bae Kim, Sumio Sekiyama, Junichi Tsukada, Atsushi Yaginuma, Naoki Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20130276884
    Abstract: A silicone composition for photovoltaic encapsulation is prepared by blending (A) an organopolysiloxane containing at least two silicon-bonded alkenyl groups per molecule, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule, and (C) an addition reaction catalyst such that the composition when cured may have a water vapor permeability of 80-160 g/m2·day at 40° C. and a thickness of 1 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroto Ohwada, Tomoyoshi Furihata, Atsuo Ito, Hyung-Bae Kim, Naoki Yamakawa, Atsushi Yaginuma