Patents by Inventor Hiroaki MUTOU

Hiroaki MUTOU 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: 20230418424
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a sensor 10 including: a base material 11; a first electroconductive part 12 provided on a first face 11A side of the base material 11; and a second electroconductive part 13 provided on the first face 11A side of the base material 11, and disposed apart from the first electroconductive part 12; wherein the first electroconductive part 12 has a plurality of first electrode portions 12A and a wiring portion 12B electrically connecting the first electrode portions 12A adjacent to each other; wherein the second electroconductive part 13 has a plurality of second electrode portions 13A, and a bridge wiring portion 13B straddling the wiring portion 12B and electrically connecting the second electrode portions 13A adjacent to each other; and wherein the bridge wiring portion 13B contains a resin portion 17B and an electroconductive fiber 18B disposed in the resin portion 17B
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yuji SHIMIZU, Takashi TAKEKOSHI, Hiroaki MUTOU
  • Patent number: 11648759
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a light-transmitting electroconductive film 10 comprising a light-transmitting base material 11 and an electroconductive part 13 provided on one surface of the light-transmitting base material 11, wherein the electroconductive part 13 includes a light-transmitting resin 15 and plural electroconductive fibers 16 incorporated in the light-transmitting resin 15, and the electroconductive part 13 can conduct electricity from the surface 13A of the electroconductive part 13, and the electroconductive fibers 16 as a whole are unevenly distributed on the light-transmitting base material side than the position HL, which is located at half the film thickness of the electroconductive part 13 in the electroconductive part 13, and the electroconductive part 13 has a surface resistance value of 200 ?/? or less, and the electroconductive film 10 has a haze value of 5% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichiro Ogumi, Yoshimasa Ogawa, Eiji Ooishi, Yukimitsu Iwata, Yuji Shimizu, Ryota Kitayama, Hiroaki Mutou
  • Publication number: 20220184934
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a light-transmitting electroconductive film 10 comprising a light-transmitting base material 11 and an electroconductive part 13 provided on one surface of the light-transmitting base material 11, wherein the electroconductive part 13 includes a light-transmitting resin 15 and plural electroconductive fibers 16 incorporated in the light-transmitting resin 15, and the electroconductive part 13 can conduct electricity from the surface 13A of the electroconductive part 13, and the electroconductive fibers 16 as a whole are unevenly distributed on the light-transmitting base material side than the position HL, which is located at half the film thickness of the electroconductive part 13 in the electroconductive part 13, and the electroconductive part 13 has a surface resistance value of 200?/? or less, and the electroconductive film 10 has a haze value of 5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Shoichiro OGUMI, Yoshimasa OGAWA, Eiji OOISHI, Yukimitsu IWATA, Yuji SHIMIZU, Ryota KITAYAMA, Hiroaki MUTOU
  • Patent number: 11298925
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a light-transmitting electroconductive film 10 comprising a light-transmitting base material 11 and an electroconductive part 13 provided on one surface of the light-transmitting base material 11, wherein the electroconductive part 13 includes a light-transmitting resin 15 and plural electroconductive fibers 16 incorporated in the light-transmitting resin 15, and the electroconductive part 13 can conduct electricity from the surface 13A of the electroconductive part 13, and the electroconductive fibers 16 as a whole are unevenly distributed on the light-transmitting base material side than the position HL, which is located at half the film thickness of the electroconductive part 13 in the electroconductive part 13, and the electroconductive part 13 has a surface resistance value of 200?/? or less, and the electroconductive film 10 has a haze value of 5% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichiro Ogumi, Yoshimasa Ogawa, Eiji Ooishi, Yukimitsu Iwata, Yuji Shimizu, Ryota Kitayama, Hiroaki Mutou
  • Publication number: 20210064164
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides an electroconductive film 10 including a first electroconductive part 11 and a second electroconductive part 14, wherein the surface 14A of the second electroconductive part 14 forms at least a part of the surface 10A of the electroconductive film 10, the surface 11A of the first electroconductive part 11 forms at least a part of the back face 10B of the electroconductive film 10, the first electroconductive part 11 and the second electroconductive part 14 each contain electroconductive fibers 15 and 17, and the surface resistance value of the second electroconductive part 14 is within ±30% of the surface resistance value of the first electroconductive part 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Masataka INOU, Shoichiro OGUMI, Yuji SHIMIZU, Hiroaki MUTOU, Ryota KITAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200393923
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a light-transmitting electroconductive film 10 comprising a light-transmitting base material 11 and an electroconductive part 13 provided on one surface of the light-transmitting base material 11, wherein the electroconductive part 13 includes a light-transmitting resin 15 and plural electroconductive fibers 16 incorporated in the light-transmitting resin 15, and the electroconductive part 13 can conduct electricity from the surface 13A of the electroconductive part 13, and the electroconductive fibers 16 as a whole are unevenly distributed on the light-transmitting base material side than the position HL, which is located at half the film thickness of the electroconductive part 13 in the electroconductive part 13, and the electroconductive part 13 has a surface resistance value of 200?/? or less, and the electroconductive film 10 has a haze value of 5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Shoichiro OGUMI, Yoshimasa OGAWA, Eiji OOISHI, Yukimitsu IWATA, Yuji SHIMIZU, Ryota KITAYAMA, Hiroaki MUTOU
  • Patent number: 10831327
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a light-transmitting electroconductive film 10 comprising a light-transmitting base material 11 and an electroconductive part 13 provided on one surface of the light-transmitting base material 11, wherein the electroconductive part 13 includes a light-transmitting resin 15 and plural electroconductive fibers 16 incorporated in the light-transmitting resin 15, and the electroconductive part 13 can conduct electricity from the surface 13A of the electroconductive part 13, and the electroconductive fibers 16 as a whole are unevenly distributed on the light-transmitting base material side than the position HL, which is located at half the film thickness of the electroconductive part 13 in the electroconductive part 13, and the electroconductive part 13 has a surface resistance value of 200 ?/? or less, and the electroconductive film 10 has a haze value of 5% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichiro Ogumi, Yoshimasa Ogawa, Eiji Ooishi, Yukimitsu Iwata, Yuji Shimizu, Ryota Kitayama, Hiroaki Mutou
  • Publication number: 20190302925
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a light-transmitting electroconductive film 10 comprising a light-transmitting base material 11 and an electroconductive part 13 provided on one surface of the light-transmitting base material 11, wherein the electroconductive part 13 includes a light-transmitting resin 15 and plural electroconductive fibers 16 incorporated in the light-transmitting resin 15, and the electroconductive part 13 can conduct electricity from the surface 13A of the electroconductive part 13, and the electroconductive fibers 16 as a whole are unevenly distributed on the light-transmitting base material side than the position HL, which is located at half the film thickness of the electroconductive part 13 in the electroconductive part 13, and the electroconductive part 13 has a surface resistance value of 200 ?/? or less, and the electroconductive film 10 has a haze value of 5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Shoichiro OGUMI, Yoshimasa OGAWA, Eiji OOISHI, Yukimitsu IWATA, Yuji SHIMIZU, Ryota KITAYAMA, Hiroaki MUTOU