Patents by Inventor Hidefumi Kotsubo

Hidefumi Kotsubo 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: 20040214503
    Abstract: To manufacture an electromagnetic-wave shielding and light transmitting plate having a conductive pattern of which line width is narrow and open area ratio is high, a resin pattern 2 is printed on a transparent film 1 having a low affinity for a plated layer by using a resin having a high affinity for the plated layer. Then, a conductive material layer is formed by electroless plating on the resin pattern 2 of the film 1, thereby forming the conductive pattern 3. After that, the blackening treatment is conducted, thereby obtaining the electromagnetic-wave shielding and light transmitting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidefumi Kotsubo, Yasuhiro Morimura, Itsuo Tanuma
  • Publication number: 20040157977
    Abstract: An adhesive composition to be used for production of a display unit integrally combined with an optically functional member by bonding together the display unit and the optically functional member, wherein the adhesive composition is characterized by being incorporated with a compound having one or more hydroxyl groups. A display unit combined with an optically functional member in which the display unit and the optically functional member are bonded together by means of an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer is characterized by being formed from the adhesive composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Hidefumi Kotsubo, Takato Inamiya, Hideki Kitano
  • Publication number: 20040140516
    Abstract: An electromagnetic-wave shielding and light transmitting plate 1 comprising an antireflection film 3, an electromagnetic-wave shielding film 10, a transparent substrate 2, and a near-infrared ray blocking film 5, wherein they are laminated and united by using intermediate adhesive layers 4A, 4B and a pressure-sensitive adhesive 4C, and the peripheries thereof are covered by a conductive sticky tape 7. The electromagnetic-wave shielding film 10 has a conductive foil 11 formed by pattern etching on a substrate film 13, is processed to have antireflection function by forming a light absorbing layer 12 on the conductive foil 11, and is subjected to a matting process to form small irregularities by roughening the surface of the light absorbing layer 12. A display panel is manufactured by bonding this electromagnetic-wave shielding film 10 to the front surface of a plasma display panel body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Masato Yoshikawa, Tetsuo Kitano, Taichi Kobayashi, Hidefumi Kotsubo
  • Patent number: 6506090
    Abstract: A display panel such as a plasma display panel is provided in which an electromagnetic-wave shielding material is integrated whereby electromagnetic-wave shielding efficiency is imparted to a display panel itself. A transparent film 2 having a conductive pattern 3 is bonded to a front surface of a plasma display panel 20 by transparent adhesives 4A. The conductive pattern 3 is in a mesh form having a line width of 50 &mgr;m or less and an open area ratio of 75% or more and is formed by vapor plating or liquid phase plating. To form a conductive pattern, dots 12 are printed on a transparent film 11 by using material which is soluble in solvent such as water. Then, a conductive material layer 13 is formed so as to cover over all the dots 12 and exposed portions of the transparent film 11. The film 11 is cleaned by the solvent such as water. By the cleaning process, the soluble dots 12 are dissolved and the conductive material on the dots 13 are also removed from the film 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Hidefumi Kotsubo, Yasuhiro Morimura, Itsuo Tanuma
  • Publication number: 20020039004
    Abstract: A display panel such as a plasma display panel is provided in which an electromagnetic-wave shielding material is integrated whereby electromagnetic-wave shielding efficiency is imparted to a display panel itself. A transparent film 2 having a conductive pattern 3 is bonded to a front surface of a plasma display panel 20 by transparent adhesives 4A. The conductive pattern 3 is in a mesh form having a line width of 50 &mgr;m or less and an open area ratio of 75% or more and is formed by vapor plating or liquid phase plating. To form a conductive pattern, dots 12 are printed on a transparent film 11 by using material which is soluble in solvent such as water. Then, a conductive material layer 13 is formed so as to cover over all the dots 12 and exposed portions of the transparent film 11. The film 11 is cleaned by the solvent such as water. By the cleaning process, the soluble dots 12 are dissolved and the conductive material on the dots 13 are also removed from the film 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidefumi Kotsubo, Yasuhiro Morimura, Itsuo Tanuma
  • Patent number: 6310612
    Abstract: A heat- and/or photo-curing adhesive composition to be used in production of a display unit integral with a touch panel by bonding the touch panel to the display unit, the adhesive composition comprising as a main component of one or more than one kind of copolymer selected from (1) ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer; (2) copolymer of ethylene, vinyl acetate, and acrylate and/or methacrylate monomer; (3) copolymer of ethylene, vinyl acetate, and maleic acid and/or maleic anhydride; and (4) copolymer of ethylene, acrylate and/or methacrylate monomer, and maleic acid and/or maleic anhydride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Hidefumi Kotsubo, Tetsuo Kitano, Ryo Sakurai, Takahiro Matsuse, Yasuhiro Morimura
  • Patent number: 6299521
    Abstract: The invention provides a polishing sheet comprising a support and an abrasive layer formed thereon with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween, characterized in that the adhesive layer is formed by a cured layer of a thermosetting and/or photo-curable curable adhesive composition based on at least one resin selected from the group consisting of (A) an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, (B) a copolymer of ethylene, vinyl acetate, and an acrylate and/or methacrylate monomer, (C) a copolymer of ethylene, vinyl acetate, and maleic acid and/or maleic anhydride, (D) a copolymer of ethylene, an acrylate and/or methacrylate monomer, and maleic acid and/or maleic anhydride, and (E) an ionomer resin in the form of an ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer whose molecules are bonded by a metal ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Morimura, Hidefumi Kotsubo
  • Patent number: 6194492
    Abstract: Disclosed is an anisotropic conductive film which exhibits a conductivity in the thickness direction thereof by pressurizing the film in the thickness direction, the film including: an adhesive; and conductive particles dispersed in the adhesive; wherein the adhesive is a thermosetting or photosetting adhesive containing as a main component at least one kind selected from a group consisting of (a) a polymer obtained by acetalation of a polyvinyl alcohol, (b) a compound containing an allyl group, (c) a monomer containing an acryloxy group or methacryloxy group, and (d) a polymer obtained by polymerization of one or more selected from a group consisting of an acrylic monomer and a methacrylic monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Sakurai, Takahiro Matsuse, Hidefumi Kotsubo, Tetsuo Kitano, Yasuhiro Morimura
  • Patent number: 5932339
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an anisotropically electricity-conductive film obtainable by dispersing in an adhesive agent electrically conductive particles, the adhesive agent being a curable adhesive agent comprising as a major component at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer; a copolymer of ethylene, vinyl acetate and an acrylate and/or methacrylate monomer; a copolymer of ethylene, vinyl acetate and maleic acid and/or maleic anhydride; a copolymer of ethylene, an acrylate and/or methacrylate monomer and maleic acid and/or maleic anhydride; and an ionomer resin wherein molecules of an ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer are linked with each other through a metal ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Ryou Sakurai, Tasuku Saito, Hidefumi Kotsubo
  • Patent number: 5759698
    Abstract: Laminated glass has sheets of plate glass with a bonding layer intervening therebetween for integration. The bonding layer is formed of a resin composition comprising (A) a terpolymer of ethylene, vinyl acetate, and an acrylate and/or methacrylate monomer, (B) a terpolymer of ethylene, vinyl acetate, and maleic acid and/or maleic anhydride, (C) a terpolymer of ethylene, an acrylate and/or methacrylate monomer, and maleic acid and/or maleic anhydride or (D) an ionomer resin in the form of an ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer with a metal ion binding molecules thereof as a thermosetting resin, an organic peroxide, and a silane coupling agent. The resin composition is thermoset between the glass sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Itsuo Tanuma, Yasuhiro Morimura, Hidefumi Kotsubo
  • Patent number: 5731050
    Abstract: An adhesive composition for use in joining a polarizer plate to a substrate of a liquid crystal cell contains as a main component (1) an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, (2) a copolymer of ethylene, vinyl acetate, and an acrylate and/or methacrylate monomer, (3) a copolymer of ethylene, vinyl acetate, and maleic acid and/or maleic anhydride, (4) a copolymer of ethylene, an acrylate and/or methacrylate monomer, and maleic acid and/or maleic anhydride or (5) an ionomer resin in the form of an ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer having a metal ion for binding molecules thereof. The composition is thermosetting when it contains an organic peroxide. The composition is photo-curable when it contains a photosensitizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Hidefumi Kotsubo, Yasuhiro Morimura, Kyouei Yoshida, Kiyomi Sasaki