Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Okamoto

Hirokazu Okamoto 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: 20140048195
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a display device, the apparatus includes, a displacement meter for measuring a thickness of a first substrate and a thickness of a second substrate, a drive mechanism for joining together the first substrate and the second substrate with an adhesive intervening between them by causing a first substrate retention unit and a second substrate retention unit to relatively approach each other in a predetermined relative approach speed, and a control unit for controlling the relative approach speed in accordance with a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate by means of the drive mechanism, wherein the relative approach speed is set based on reactive force generated by the adhesive dependently on applied force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Aisar Labibi Romas, Sei Musha, Kentaro Miyazaki, Hirokazu Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8563639
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball which is excellent in the gloss and the evenness of the paint film and a golf ball aqueous paint therefor. The golf ball of the present invention has a paint film which is formed from a curing type polyurethane aqueous golf ball paint, comprising (A) an aqueous polyol composition and (B) an aqueous polyisocyanate, wherein (A) the aqueous polyol composition contains (a-1) an aqueous acrylic polyol, (a-2) an aqueous urethane polyol and (a-3) an aqueous polyurethane resin; a molar ratio (NCO/OH) of an isocyanate group of (B) the aqueous polyisocyanate to a hydroxyl group of (A) the aqueous polyol composition ranges from 1.25 to 2.50; and a content of a high boiling point solvent having a boiling point of 150° C. or more in the aqueous golf ball paint is more than 0 mass % and 10 mass % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignees: SRI Sports Limited, Shinto Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tarao, Kuniyasu Horiuchi, Hirokazu Okamoto, Masahiko Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 8415421
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint, which is excellent in gloss of a paint film and evenness of the film thickness. Another object of the present invention is to provide a two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint, which is excellent in adhesion to the surface of a golf ball body. The present invention provides a two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint containing (A) an aqueous polyol composition and (B) an aqueous polyisocyanate, wherein the aqueous paint has a contact angle of 45° or less to a resin component constituting an outermost layer of a golf ball body and a paint film has reflectivity of 70% or more at an incident angle of 20°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignees: SRI Sports Limited, Shinto Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tarao, Kuniyasu Horiuchi, Hirokazu Okamoto, Masahiko Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20120070723
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a manufacturing apparatus for a sealed secondary battery includes a chamber, pressure reduction unit, sealer transfer unit, and welding unit. The chamber accommodates therein a battery container injected with an electrolyte through an injection hole and is hermetically closed. The pressure reduction unit reduces pressure inside the chamber. The sealer transfer unit is configured to mount a sealer for sealing the injection hole on the injection hole of the battery container in the chamber decompressed by the pressure reduction unit. The welding unit is configured to laser-weld the sealer to the battery container by applying a laser beam to the peripheral edge portion of the sealer on the battery container through a laser transmission window formed in one surface of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Tomohiro MATSUI, Kenta Fukatsu, Hirokazu Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8137753
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a painted golf ball which is excellent in the gloss and the evenness of the paint thickness as well as the adhesion of the paint film to the golf ball body. The method for producing the golf ball of the present invention comprises applying a two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous paint including an aqueous polyol composition (A) and an aqueous polyisocyanate (B) to a golf ball body in a specific method, wherein (A) the aqueous polyol composition contains (a-1) an aqueous acrylic polyol, (a-2) an aqueous urethane polyol and (a-3) an aqueous urethane resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: SRI Sports Limited
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tarao, Manabu Tomosada, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Kuniyasu Horiuchi, Takashi Sasaki, Hirokazu Okamoto, Masahiko Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20110244989
    Abstract: An object of the present is to provide a golf ball having a high spin rate on approach shots under the wet condition and rough condition. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body, and a paint film formed on a surface of the golf ball body, wherein the paint film has a martens hardness of 2.0 mgf/?m2 or less, and a ratio (50% modulus/10% modulus) of 50% modulus to 10% modulus of 1.6 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TARAO, Kazuhiko ISOGAWA, Kuniyasu HORIUCHI, Hirokazu OKAMOTO, Masahiko SHIRAISHI
  • Publication number: 20110105247
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball which is excellent in the gloss and the evenness of the paint film and a golf ball aqueous paint therefor. The golf ball of the present invention has a paint film which is formed from a curing type polyurethane aqueous golf ball paint, comprising (A) an aqueous polyol composition and (B) an aqueous polyisocyanate, wherein (A) the aqueous polyol composition contains (a-1) an aqueous acrylic polyol, (a-2) an aqueous urethane polyol and (a-3) an aqueous polyurethane resin; a molar ratio (NCO/OH) of an isocyanate group of (B) the aqueous polyisocyanate to a hydroxyl group of (A) the aqueous polyol composition ranges from 1.25 to 2.50; and a content of a high boiling point solvent having a boiling point of 150° C. or more in the aqueous golf ball paint is more than 0 mass % and 10 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TARAO, Kuniyasu Horiuchi, Hirokazu Okamoto, Masahiko Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20110045239
    Abstract: The glass film laminate comprises a glass film and a supporting glass. The glass film and the supporting glass have surfaces being brought into contact with each other, and each of the surfaces has a surface roughness Ra of 2.0 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Tatsuya TAKAYA, Masahiro TOMAMOTO, Hiroshi TAKIMOTO, Hirokazu OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20100167847
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint, which is excellent in gloss of a paint film and evenness of the film thickness. Another object of the present invention is to provide a two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint, which is excellent in adhesion to the surface of a golf ball body. The present invention provides a two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous golf ball paint containing (A) an aqueous polyol composition and (B) an aqueous polyisocyanate, wherein the aqueous paint has a contact angle of 45° or less to a resin component constituting an outermost layer of a golf ball body and a paint film has reflectivity of 70% or more at an incident angle of 20°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TARAO, Kuniyasu Horiuchi, Hirokazu Okamoto, Masahiko Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20100144468
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a painted golf ball which is excellent in the gloss and the evenness of the paint thickness as well as the adhesion of the paint film to the golf ball body. The method for producing the golf ball of the present invention comprises applying a two-component curing type urethane-based aqueous paint including an aqueous polyol composition (A) and an aqueous polyisocyanate (B) to a golf ball body in a specific method, wherein (A) the aqueous polyol composition contains (a-1) an aqueous acrylic polyol, (a-2) an aqueous urethane polyol and (a-3) an aqueous urethane resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TARAO, Manabu Tomosada, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Kuniyasu Horiuchi, Takashi Sasaki, Hirokazu Okamoto, Masahiko Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20090286077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a one-pack type adhesive precoating composition comprising (a) a mixture of at least two thermoplastic polymers having different softening points by not less than 30° C., each of which containing a carboxylic acid group or a carboxylic acid anhydride group, (b) a thermoplastic elastomer and (c) a tackifier, dispersed in an organic solvent, with the proviso that the composition does not comprise a latent curing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Hirokazu Okamoto, Atsushi Uno, Yoshimi Shibata, Hideaki Tsuboi, Katsuhiro Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20080186293
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area, a first driving IC chip and a second driving IC chip, which are disposed with an interval along an end edge of the display panel, a cascade wiring line which connects the first driving IC chip and the second driving IC chip on the display panel, and a wiring board with a comb-shaped end portion having a first projection portion and a second projection portion, the wiring board being connected to the display panel such that the first projection portion and the second projection portion are electrically connected to the first driving IC chip and the second driving IC chip, with the cascade wiring line being interposed between the first projection portion and the second projection portion, wherein the cascade wiring line is exposed from the wiring board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Kazuaki Igarashi, Hirokazu Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20060275219
    Abstract: A radial spherical crystallization product having multiple needle-shaped projections radially extending outward from the core portion. The radial spherical crystallization product is produced by, for example, bringing a supercritical fluid mixed with a modifier according to necessity and a solution containing a sample component, which have been introduced through different flow channels, into contact with each other at the time of emission from the flow channels into a crystallization vessel. This radial spherical crystallization product can be used as a drug delivery carrier or medicine for transmucous or transpulmonary administration or as a fine carrier or fine stock drug such as dry powder inhaler (DPI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumi Danjo, Hirokazu Okamoto, Takeaki Furudate
  • Patent number: 6770357
    Abstract: A precoated skin material for an automobile interior part comprising (a) a skin material for an automobile interior part and (b) a one-pack type thermally crosslinkable polymer composition comprising (i) a thermoplastic olefinic polymer having a carboxylic acid group or an acid anhydride group, (ii) a latent curing agent, (iii) a carbonyl compound as a solvent and (iv) a tackifier, which composition is coated on the back surface of the skin material, wherein the latent curing agent is a solid polyamine having a melting point of 80 to 200° C. which form hydrolyzable reaction products by a condensation reaction with the carbonyl compound used as the solvent, or a hydrolyzable reaction product of a diamine with a carbonyl compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignees: Sunstar Giken Kabushiki Kaisha, Unisunstar B.V.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Okamoto, Masahito Mori
  • Publication number: 20030149174
    Abstract: A precoated skin material for an automobile interior part comprising (a) a skin material for an automobile interior part and (b) a one-pack type thermally crosslinkable polymer composition comprising (i) a thermoplastic olefinic polymer having a carboxylic acid group or an acid anhydride group, (ii) a latent curing agent, (iii) a carbonyl compound as a solvent and (iv) a tackifier, which composition is coated on the back surface of the skin material, wherein the latent curing agent is a solid polyamine having a melting point of 80 to 200° C. which form hydrolyzable reaction products by a condensation reaction with the carbonyl compound used as the solvent, or a hydrolyzable reaction product of a diamine with a carbonyl compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Hirokazu Okamoto, Masahito Mori
  • Publication number: 20020115788
    Abstract: A one-pack type thermally crosslinkable polymer composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer having a carboxylic acid group or an acid anhydride group, and a polyamine compound as a latent curing agent, which is suitably used as an adhesive to adhere a skin material to a substrate of an automobile interior parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2000
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Hirokazu Okamoto, Masahito Mori
  • Patent number: 5234996
    Abstract: A two-part polyurethane adhesive which comprises a main component comprising a hydroxyl-terminated saturated polyester resin or a polyester urethane rubber prepared by reacting said hydroxyl-terminated saturated polyester resin with a diisocyanate compound, and a curing agent comprising a urethane prepolymer having an active isocyanate group which is prepared by reacting a hydrogenated hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene with an excess amount of a polyisocyanate. Said polyurethane adhesive is useful for adhering a polyolefin base material and a covering material for the production of automobile interior parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: Sunstar Giken Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahito Mori, Kousuke Torii, Hirokazu Okamoto
  • Patent number: 5223575
    Abstract: A moisture-crosslinkable primer which comprises a solution of a hydrogenated polybutadiene into which has been introduced a silyl group of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R' is an alkoxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a halogen atom, and n is an integer of from 1 to 3, in an organic solvent, which has excellent heat-resistant adhesion and durable adhesion and is useful for adhering between polyolefinic substances or between polyolefinic substances and other organic substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Sunstar Giken Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahito Mori, Kohske Torii, Hirokazu Okamoto
  • Patent number: 5112911
    Abstract: The invention relates to a moisture-curable primer composition comprising a reaction product between a maleic anhydride-modified styrene-ethylene-butene-styrene copolymer and an epoxysilane compound. This primer composition is particularly useful for the bonding of polyolefin adherents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Sunstar Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahito Mori, Kohske Torii, Hirokazu Okamoto
  • Patent number: 5037885
    Abstract: A two part primer composition comprising a main component comprising at least one styrene-ethylene-butene-styrene block copolymer or styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene copolymer, said copolymer being copolymerized with maleic anhydride hydrogenated, and an amine catalyst, and a curing component comprising an epoxy resin having two or more functional groups, which has excellent heat-resistant adhesion and durable adhesion and is suitable for adhering between polyolefinic substances or between an polyolefinic substance and other organic substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: Sunstar Giken Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahito Mori, Kohske Torii, Hirokazu Okamoto