Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Mashiko

Hiroaki Mashiko 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: 8069875
    Abstract: A ventilation member and a ventilation member kit are provided that can extend the time until fogging will be produced in a housing and also can shorten the time until the produced fogging will be cleared up even when the interior of the housing has been fogged. A vented housing and a vented tank using them are also provided. A ventilation member includes: a first gas permeable membrane, a second gas permeable membrane, and an absorbing layer allowing a gas passing through an opening of a housing or a tank to permeate therethrough, with the ventilation member being fixed to the opening; a support body for supporting the first gas permeable membrane, the second gas permeable membrane, and the absorbing layer; and a first one-way valve disposed so as to cover the first gas permeable membrane. The first gas permeable membrane and the second gas permeable membrane are disposed in such a manner that the gas permeates through the gas permeable membranes independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Mashiko
  • Patent number: 7732060
    Abstract: A gaseous component treatment sheet of the present invention has a gas-permeable base film and a particulate remover for removing a predetermined gaseous component, and the particulate remover is dispersed in the base film. A protective layer and/or an adhesive layer can be laminated further on the base film. Since the gaseous component treatment sheet is a sheet-like member including the base film for holding the particulate remover, the size and the shape can be adjusted easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishii, Hiroaki Mashiko
  • Publication number: 20090120949
    Abstract: A ventilation member and a ventilation member kit are provided that can extend the time until fogging will be produced in a housing and also can shorten the time until the produced fogging will be cleared up even when the interior of the housing has been fogged. A vented housing and a vented tank using them are also provided. A ventilation member includes: a first gas permeable membrane, a second gas permeable membrane, and an absorbing layer allowing a gas passing through an opening of a housing or a tank to permeate therethrough, with the ventilation member being fixed to the opening; a support body for supporting the first gas permeable membrane, the second gas permeable membrane, and the absorbing layer; and a first one-way valve disposed so as to cover the first gas permeable membrane. The first gas permeable membrane and the second gas permeable membrane are disposed in such a manner that the gas permeates through the gas permeable membranes independently of each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki Mashiko
  • Patent number: 7166024
    Abstract: A ventilation member having: a breathable film transmitting gas passing through an opening portion of a housing in a state in which the breathable film is fixed to the opening portion; and a support including a supporting portion for supporting the breathable film and an insertion portion to be inserted into the opening portion of the housing; wherein a lock structure for locking the support in the housing by rotating the support around a central axis of the support is formed in the insertion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mashiko, Toshiki Yanagi, Hiroyuki Nishii
  • Patent number: 6994621
    Abstract: A ventilation member having: a breathable film transmitting gas passing through an opening portion of a housing in a state in which the breathable film is fixed to the opening portion; and a support including a supporting portion for supporting the breathable film and an insertion portion to be inserted into the opening portion of the housing; wherein the insertion portion has a lock portion in an insertion-start-side end portion thereof, the lock portion having a tapered forward end, while the insertion portion is divided into a plurality of parts circumferentially at least on an insertion start side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mashiko, Toshiki Yanagi, Hiroyuki Nishii, Yoshiki Ikeyama
  • Publication number: 20050048261
    Abstract: A label having a vent filter function and a ventilation housing having a reduced cost are provided. The label comprises an ink-receiving layer and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for applying the ink-receiving layer to an adherend, wherein the ink-receiving layer is an air-permeable porous material comprising at least one resin selected from PTFE and polyolefins and the label has, formed in the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, an air passage hole which extends from one to the other side of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in the thickness direction and enables a gas which has permeated the ink-receiving layer to pass therethrough. The label may further include an air-permeable support layer and an air-impermeable reinforcing layer disposed between the ink-receiving layer and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishii, Hiroaki Mashiko, Yoshiki Ikeyama
  • Patent number: 6836071
    Abstract: A member for an electroluminescent device permitting a production cost reduction and an electroluminescent device containing the same. The member for an electroluminescent device contains a removing agent for removing a predetermined gas component and an adhesion member fixed to the removing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mashiko, Hiroyuki Nishii
  • Publication number: 20040180236
    Abstract: A gaseous component treatment sheet of the present invention has a gas-permeable base film and a particulate remover for removing a predetermined gaseous component, and the particulate remover is dispersed in the base film. A protective layer and/or an adhesive layer can be laminated further on the base film. Since the gaseous component treatment sheet is a sheet-like member including the base film for holding the particulate remover, the size and the shape can be adjusted easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishii, Hiroaki Mashiko
  • Patent number: 6723147
    Abstract: An air-permeable filter for an ink cartridge includes at least one porous material layer including at least one resin selected from the group including fluororesin and polyolefin resin, and at least one air-permeable substrate layer having a tensile strength of 1 MPa or more. In addition, an ink cartridge includes a space for receiving an ink and at least one air vent in which the air-permeable filter is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mashiko, Hiroyuki Nishii
  • Patent number: 6696179
    Abstract: Described are a fixing member formed of a sheet material equipped with a gas permeable portion covering a removing agent at a portion other than the peripheral portion of the sheet material, and an adhesion member disposed at the peripheral portion of the sheet material; an EL device using the fixing member; and a backing substrate of the EL device. Use of the fixing member contributes to a reduction in the manufacturing cost of an EL device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mashiko, Hiroyuki Nishii
  • Publication number: 20030220067
    Abstract: A ventilation member having: a breathable film transmitting gas passing through an opening portion of a housing in a state in which the breathable film is fixed to the opening portion; and a support including a supporting portion for supporting the breathable film and an insertion portion to be inserted into the opening portion of the housing; wherein the insertion portion has a lock portion in an insertion-start-side end portion thereof, the lock portion having a tapered forward end, while the insertion portion is divided into a plurality of parts circumferentially at least on an insertion start side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mashiko, Toshiki Yanagi, Hiroyuki Nishii, Yoshiki Ikeyama
  • Publication number: 20030216119
    Abstract: A ventilation member having: a breathable film transmitting gas passing through an opening portion of a housing in a state in which the breathable film is fixed to the opening portion; and a support including a supporting portion for supporting the breathable film and an insertion portion to be inserted into the opening portion of the housing; wherein a lock structure for locking the support in the housing by rotating the support around a central axis of the support is formed in the insertion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mashiko, Toshiki Yanagi, Hiroyuki Nishii
  • Patent number: 6440553
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, wherein the storage elastic modulus [G′] at room temperature is at least 2×106 dyne/cm2 and the adhesive strength at room temperature is 1 kg/20 mm width or higher. Preferably, a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising a polymer having a polycarbonate structure having a repeating unit represented by the following formula wherein R represents a straight chain or branched hydrocarbon group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, a sealing material, a reinforcing sheet, and a pressure-sensitive sheet for printing, each having the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Masahiko Ando, Takeshi Yamanaka, Waka Hikosaka, Makoto Kojima, Shin-ichi Kouno, Hiroaki Mashiko, Hiroshi Wada, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Soeda, Naoki Matsuoka, Katsuya Kume, Mitsuo Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 6364924
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compact and inexpensive air-permeable cap and an outdoor lamp, automobile lamp and automobile electrical component including such an air-permeable cap. A novel air-permeable cap is provided including a closed-end cylindrical cover member, a substantially cylindrical body fitted in the closed-end cylindrical cover member, and an air passage formed between the inner wall of the closed-end cylindrical cover member and the outer wall of the substantially cylindrical body and between the bottom surface of the closed-end cylindrical cover member and the lower end of the substantially cylindrical body, wherein the mounting portion at which the air-permeable cap is mounted on the mounting opening of the housing is formed at the top of the substantially cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mashiko, Hiroyuki Nishii, Norikane Nabata
  • Publication number: 20010037629
    Abstract: An air-permeable filter for ink cartridge is described, which comprises a laminate comprising at least one porous material layer comprising at least one resin selected from the group consisting of fluororesin and polyolefin resin and at least one air-permeable substrate layer having a tensile strength of 1 MPa or more. An ink cartridge is also described, which comprises a space for receiving an ink and at least one air vent in which the air-permeable filter is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mashiko, Hiroyuki Nishii
  • Publication number: 20010033946
    Abstract: Described are a fixing member formed of a sheet material equipped with a gas permeable portion covering a removing agent at a portion other than the peripheral portion of the sheet material, and an adhesion member disposed at the peripheral portion of the sheet material; an EL device using the fixing member; and a backing substrate of the EL device. Use of the fixing member contributes to a reduction in the manufacturing cost of an EL device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mashiko, Hiroyuki Nishii
  • Publication number: 20010028218
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a member for EL devices permitting a production cost reduction and an EL device containing the same. A member for EL devices comprises a removing agent for removing a predetermined gas component and an adhesion member fixed to the removing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mashiko, Hiroyuki Nishii
  • Publication number: 20010026853
    Abstract: A member for an electroluminescent device is described, comprising a container a part of which is made of a porous material and a removing agent capable of removing a prescribed gaseous component, the removing agent being contained in said container. An electroluminescent device having the member is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishii, Hiroaki Mashiko
  • Publication number: 20010021451
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, wherein the storage elastic modulus [G′] at room temperature is at least 2×106 dyne/cm2 and the adhesive strength at room temperature is 1 kg/20 mm width or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Masahiko Ando, Takeshi Yamanaka, Waka Hikosaka, Makoto Kojima, Shin-Ichi Kouno, Hiroaki Mashiko, Hiroshi Wada, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Soeda, Naoki Matsuoka, Katsuya Kume, Mitsuo Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 6218006
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, wherein the storage elastic modulus [G′] at room temperature is at least 2×106 dyne/cm2 and the adhesive strength at room temperature is 1 kg/20 mm width or higher. Preferably, a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising a polymer having a polycarbonate structure having a repeating unit represented by the following formula wherein R represents a straight chain or branched hydrocarbon group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, a sealing material, a reinforcing sheet, and a pressure-sensitive sheet for printing, each having the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Masahiko Ando, Takeshi Yamanaka, Waka Hikosaka, Makoto Kojima, Shin-ichi Kouno, Hiroaki Mashiko, Hiroshi Wada, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Soeda, Naoki Matsuoka, Katsuya Kume, Mitsuo Kuramoto