Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Gotou

Hirofumi Gotou 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: 20160149250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolyte membrane, a membrane-electrode assembly and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell. The electrolyte membrane contains a polymer (1) including a hydrophobic structural unit and a structural unit having a proton-conducting group and a polymer (2) including a hydrophobic structural unit having no sulfonic group which is different from the hydrophobic structural unit of the polymer (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi ONOUE, Shouhei FUJISHITA, Makoto HIGAMI, Hirofumi GOTOU, Takaaki SAKABE
  • Patent number: 8889524
    Abstract: A method that includes, in the sequence set forth, (1) temporarily fixing a substrate onto a support via a temporary fixing material including a central section (A) having two or more layers and a peripheral section (B) with solvent resistance, section (B) being in contact with a peripheral portion of the support on the substrate side and with a peripheral portion of the substrate on the support side, section (A) being in contact with a central portion of the support on the substrate side and with a central portion of the substrate on the support side, the temporary fixing thus resulting in a stack in which section (A) is covered with the support, section (B) and the substrate; (2) processing the substrate and/or transporting the stack; (3) dissolving section (B) with a solvent; and (4) heating the residue of the temporary fixing material and separating the substrate from the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichirou Takahashi, Hirofumi Gotou
  • Publication number: 20080039585
    Abstract: A thermosetting resin composition of the present invention contains an epoxy resin (A), a crosslinked diene-based rubber (B) in which the content of bonded acrylonitrile is less than 10 wt %, and a curing agent (D) and/or a curing catalyst (E). A cured product obtained by curing the thermosetting resin composition is excellent in properties such as electric insulation properties and electrical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nishioka, Hirofumi Gotou, Tsunemitsu Miyata, Shin-ichiro Iwanaga