Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Matsutani

Hiroshi Matsutani 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: 10759937
    Abstract: A polyketone composition includes: (A) a polyketone having, in a main chain, a structural unit represented by the following Formula (I); and (B) an epoxy compound. In Formula (I), X represents a bivalent group that has from 1 to 50 carbon atoms and that may have a substituent group, Y represents a bivalent hydrocarbon group that has from 1 to 30 carbon atoms and that may have a substituent group, and n represents an integer from 1 to 1500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsutani, Nanako Mizuguchi, Satoshi Asaka, Misao Inaba, Yohei Ishikawa, Keiko Kudoh, Katsuya Maeyama
  • Publication number: 20200247948
    Abstract: A polyketone composition contains: a polyketone containing a structural unit represented by the following Formula (I), and inorganic particles; in which a content of the inorganic particle is from 10 parts by mass to 70 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the polyketone and the inorganic particles, and an average particle diameter of the inorganic particles is from 10 nm to 200 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi MATSUTANI, Naoki FURUKAWA, Yohei ISHIKAWA, Masahiro MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 10351670
    Abstract: An aromatic polyketone including, in a structural unit, at least one alicyclic skeleton and at least one carbon atom bound by two rotatable single bonds, or an aromatic polyketone including a structural unit represented by the following Formula (1), the following Formula (2), or the following Formula (4), and a structural unit represented by the following Formula (5) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Nanako Mizuguchi, Hiroshi Matsutani, Satoshi Asaka, Misao Inaba, Katsuya Maeyama
  • Publication number: 20190211141
    Abstract: A polymer includes: a structural unit represented by the following Formula (I-1) and a structural unit represented by the following Formula (I-2). In Formulae (I-1) and (I-2), X and X? each independently represent a divalent group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms and containing an aromatic ring; Y represents a divalent group having 5 to 50 carbon atoms, the divalent group including an alicyclic ring and alkylene groups, and the alkylene groups each having 1 to 10 carbon atoms connecting carbon atoms included in carbonyl groups adjacent to Y with the alicyclic ring; Y? represents a divalent group having 3 to 50 carbon atoms and containing an alicyclic ring directly bonded to carbon atoms included in carbonyl groups adjacent to Y?; and m and n each represent an integer from 3 to 1,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi MATSUTANI, Nanako ARIMA, Yohei ISHIKAWA, Keiko KUDOH, Katsuya MAEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190077951
    Abstract: A polyketone composition includes: (A) a polyketone having, in a main chain, a structural unit represented by the following Formula (I); and (B) an epoxy compound. In Formula (I), X represents a bivalent group that has from 1 to 50 carbon atoms and that may have a substituent group, Y represents a bivalent hydrocarbon group that has from 1 to 30 carbon atoms and that may have a substituent group, and n represents an integer from 1 to 1500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi MATSUTANI, Nanako MIZUGUCHI, Satoshi ASAKA, Misao INABA, Yohei ISHIKAWA, Keiko KUDOH, Katsuya MAEYAMA
  • Patent number: 10175577
    Abstract: The invention provides a photosensitive resin composition comprising (A) an alkali-soluble resin having a phenolic hydroxyl group, (B) a compound that generates an acid by light, and (C) an acrylic resin having a group that crosslinks with the component (A), as well as a method for manufacturing a patterned cured film, and an electronic component prepared therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Tahara, Shigeki Katogi, Hiroshi Matsutani, Kouichi Abe, Akitoshi Tanimoto, Yu Aoki
  • Patent number: 10173242
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an aromatic polyketone film, the method including: applying a coating liquid to at least a part of a surface of a substrate to form a coating liquid layer, the coating liquid including a solvent and an aromatic polyketone having a structural unit represented by Formula (1) or (2); drying the coating liquid layer; and after the drying, subjecting the coating liquid layer to a heat treatment. In Formula (1) or (2), each R1 independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; each R2 and each R3 independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; X represents a specific divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms; and Y represents a specific divalent functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsutani, Nanako Mizuguchi, Katsuya Maeyama
  • Patent number: 10130974
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an aromatic polyketone film, the method including: applying a coating liquid to at least a part of a surface of a substrate to form a coating liquid layer, the coating liquid including a solvent and an aromatic polyketone having a structural unit represented by Formula (1) or (2); drying the coating liquid layer; and after the drying, subjecting the coating liquid layer to a heat treatment. In Formula (1) or (2), each R1 independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; each R2 and each R3 independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; X represents a specific divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms; and Y represents a specific divalent functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsutani, Nanako Mizuguchi, Katsuya Maeyama
  • Publication number: 20180237588
    Abstract: An aromatic polyketone including, in a structural unit, at least one alicyclic skeleton and at least one carbon atom bound by two rotatable single bonds, or an aromatic polyketone including a structural unit represented by the following Formula (1), the following Formula (2), or the following Formula (4), and a structural unit represented by the following Formula (5) is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Nanako MIZUGUCHI, Hiroshi MATSUTANI, Satoshi ASAKA, Misao INABA, Katsuya MAEYAMA
  • Patent number: 9786576
    Abstract: A positive-type photosensitive resin composition includes (A) a phenol resin modified by a compound having an unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 4 to 100 carbon atoms; (B) a compound that produces an acid by light; (C) a thermal crosslinking agent; and (D) a solvent. The positive-type photosensitive resin composition according to the present invention can be developed by an alkaline aqueous solution, and an effect thereof is that a resist pattern having sufficiently high sensitivity and resolution, excellent adhesion, and good thermal shock resistance can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsutani, Takumi Ueno, Alexandre Nicolas, Ken Nanaumi
  • Publication number: 20170203329
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an aromatic polyketone film, the method including: applying a coating liquid to at least a part of a surface of a substrate to form a coating liquid layer, the coating liquid including a solvent and an aromatic polyketone having a structural unit represented by Formula (1) or (2); drying the coating liquid layer; and after the drying, subjecting the coating liquid layer to a heat treatment. In Formula (1) or (2), each R1 independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; each R2 and each R3 independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; X represents a specific divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms; and Y represents a specific divalent functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi MATSUTANI, Nanako MIZUGUCHI, Katsuya MAEYAMA
  • Patent number: 9633848
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photosensitive resin composition comprising (A) an alkali-soluble resin having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1), (B) a compound that generates an acid by light, (C) a thermal crosslinking agent, and (D) an acryl resin having a structural unit represented by the following formula (2): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or the like; and a represents an integer of 0 to 3, b represents an integer of 1 to 3, and the total of a and b is 5 or less, and wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R4 represents a hydroxyalkyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Aoki, Shigeru Nobe, Hiroshi Matsutani, Kei Kasuya, Akitoshi Tanimoto, Shingo Tahara
  • Patent number: 9395626
    Abstract: There is provided a photosensitive resin composition containing (A) an alkali-soluble resin, (B) a compound which generates an acid when exposed to light, (C) a thermal crosslinking agent, and (D) a nitrogen-containing aromatic compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an amino group or a phenyl group; and A and B each independently represent a nitrogen atom, or a carbon atom and a hydrogen atom bonded thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Akitoshi Tanimoto, Shigeru Nobe, Kei Kasuya, Hiroshi Matsutani, Shigeki Katogi, Yu Aoki, Shingo Tahara
  • Publication number: 20150325431
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photosensitive resin composition comprising (A) an alkali-soluble resin having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1), (B) a compound that generates an acid by light, (C) a thermal crosslinking agent, and (D) an acryl resin having a structural unit represented by the following formula (2): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or the like; and a represents an integer of 0 to 3, b represents an integer of 1 to 3, and the total of a and b is 5 or less, and wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R4 represents a hydroxyalkyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Yu AOKI, Shigeru NOBE, Hiroshi MATSUTANI, Kei KASUYA, Akitoshi TANIMOTO, Shingo TAHARA
  • Publication number: 20150024173
    Abstract: The invention provides a photosensitive resin composition comprising (A) an alkali-soluble resin having a phenolic hydroxyl group, (B) a compound that generates an acid by light, and (C) an acrylic resin having a group that crosslinks with the component (A), as well as a method for manufacturing a patterned cured film, and an electronic component prepared therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Shingo Tahara, Shigeki Katogi, Hiroshi Matsutani, Kouichi Abe, Akitoshi Tanimoto, Yu Aoki
  • Publication number: 20140322635
    Abstract: There is provided a photosensitive resin composition containing (A) an alkali-soluble resin, (B) a compound which generates an acid when exposed to light, (C) a thermal crosslinking agent, and (D) a nitrogen-containing aromatic compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an amino group or a phenyl group; and A and B each independently represent a nitrogen atom, or a carbon atom and a hydrogen atom bonded thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Akitoshi Tanimoto, Shigeru Nobe, Kei Kasuya, Hiroshi Matsutani, Shigeki Katogi, Yu Aoki, Shingo Tahara
  • Patent number: 8836089
    Abstract: The positive-type photosensitive resin composition according to the present invention comprises an alkali-soluble resin having a phenolic hydroxyl group, a compound that produces an acid by light, a thermal crosslinking agent, and a silane compound having at least one functional group selected from an epoxy group and a sulfide group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akitoshi Tanimoto, Shigeru Nobe, Kei Kasuya, Hiroshi Matsutani, Takumi Ueno, Yu Aoki, Shingo Tahara
  • Publication number: 20130168859
    Abstract: The positive-type photosensitive resin composition according to the present invention comprises an alkali-soluble resin having a phenolic hydroxyl group, a compound that produces an acid by light, a thermal crosslinking agent, and a silane compound having at least one functional group selected from an epoxy group and a sulfide group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Akitoshi Tanimoto, Shigeru Nobe, Kei Kasuya, Hiroshi Matsutani, Takumi Ueno, Yu Aoki, Shingo Tahara
  • Patent number: 8461699
    Abstract: The positive tone photosensitive composition of the invention comprises an alkali-soluble resin having a phenolic hydroxyl group, a compound producing an acid by light, a thermal crosslinking agent and an acrylic resin. It is possible to provide a positive tone photosensitive composition that can be developed with an aqueous alkali solution, has sufficiently high sensitivity and resolution, and can form a resist pattern with excellent adhesiveness and thermal shock resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsutani, Takumi Ueno, Alexandre Nicolas, Yukihiko Yamashita, Ken Nanaumi, Akitoshi Tanimoto
  • Patent number: 8426985
    Abstract: A positive tone photosensitive composition comprising: (A) an alkali-soluble resin having a phenolic hydroxyl group; (B) a phenol resin modified by a compound having an unsaturated hydrocarbon group containing 4 to 100 carbon atoms; (C) a compound that generates an acid by the action of light; (D) a thermal cross-linker that crosslinks the ingredient (A) and the ingredient (B) by heating; and (E) a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsutani, Takumi Ueno, Alexandre Nicolas, Ken Nanaumi