Patents by Inventor Hiroto Komatsu

Hiroto Komatsu 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: 20240266097
    Abstract: The electronic component includes an element body, a first external electrode, and a second external electrode. The first external electrode and the second external electrode are disposed on a principal surface and are separated from each other in a first direction. The first external electrode includes a first region and a second region. The first region includes an end edge that opposes the second external electrode in the first direction and is located inside the element body. The second region is continuous with the first region and is exposed from the principal surface. The second external electrode includes a third region and a fourth region. The third region includes an edge that opposes the first region in the first direction and is located inside the element body. The fourth region is continuous with the third region and is exposed from the principal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Xuran GUO, Youichi Kazuta, Kazuya Tobita, Yuto Shiga, Yuichi Takubo, So Kobayashi, Hiroto Komatsu, Toru Yaginuma
  • Publication number: 20240266108
    Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body including a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposing each other, and first and second external electrodes disposed on the first principal surface and separated from each other. The element body includes a first region including the first principal surface and a second region located between the first region and the second principal surface. The first region includes a portion located between the first and second external electrodes. The portion included in the first region is in contact with the first and second external electrodes. When viewed in a direction in which the first principal surface and the second principal surface oppose each other, the portion included in the first region covers an end of each of the first and second external electrodes. The first region has hardness greater than that of the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Youichi KAZUTA, Kazuya TOBITA, Yuto SHIGA, Yuichi TAKUBO, Xuran GUO, So KOBAYASHI, Hiroto KOMATSU, Toru YAGINUMA
  • Publication number: 20230391722
    Abstract: A method includes producing a diiminopyrrole compound by mixing an aromatic 3-pyrroline compound, an iodinating agent, and ammonia based on Chemical Formula 1 below, in which ring A is an aromatic group:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: GODO SHIGEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiko MIYAMOTO, Hiroto KOMATSU, Shinichiro YAMADA, Takuya JITSUKAWA, Koichi TAGAMI, Takahiro YAMAMOTO, Hideo TOGO
  • Patent number: 11407849
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a graft polymer, that ensures more stable progress of a living radical polymerization by using a monomer structural unit containing an iodine initiating group as an initiator, includes performing a living radical polymerization of a compound with a vinyl monomer by an organic catalyst to manufacture the graft polymer. The compound has a recurring unit represented by a formula (1) below in a main chain: where, R1: linking group (linear, branched, or cyclic alkylene group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms that may contain an ether bond, an amide bond, or an ester bond, an aromatic group), R2, R3, R4, R5, R6: an aromatic group, an aliphatic group, a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, and n=1 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: GODO SHIGEN CO., LTD, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Tsujii, Keita Sakakibara, Atsushi Goto, Michihiko Miyamoto, Hiroto Komatsu, Takuya Jitsukawa
  • Publication number: 20210163656
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a graft polymer, that ensures more stable progress of a living radical polymerization by using a monomer structural unit containing an iodine initiating group as an initiator, includes performing a living radical polymerization of a compound with a vinyl monomer by an organic catalyst to manufacture the graft polymer. The compound has a recurring unit represented by a formula (1) below in a main chain: where, R1: linking group (linear, branched, or cyclic alkylene group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms that may contain an ether bond, an amide bond, or an ester bond, an aromatic group), R2, R3, R4, R5, R6: an aromatic group, an aliphatic group, a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, and n=1 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicants: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, GODO SHIGEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu TSUJII, Keita SAKAKIBARA, Atsushi GOTO, Michihiko MIYAMOTO, Hiroto KOMATSU, Takuya JITSUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210070687
    Abstract: The present invention's purpose is to provide: a molecular-weight controlling agent for radical polymerization which enables controlled radical polymerization of a water-soluble monomer in an aqueous medium; a method for producing a polymer of a water-soluble vinyl monomer using the same; and a water-soluble vinyl monomer polymer. The present invention provides a molecular-weight controlling agent for radical polymerization characterized in that the agent comprises, as its active ingredient, an iodine compound represented by formula (1) and in that the solubility of the active ingredient in water is 0.5 weight % or more at 20° C. In the formula, R1 is —COOX, —CONR4R5, an aromatic group or a cyano group, X is a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, an organic ammonium or an ammonium, and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an aromatic group or an aliphatic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Toru Miyajima, Yusuke Matsubara, Michihiko Miyamoto, Hiroto Komatsu, Yu Yamaguchi, Takuya Jitsukawa
  • Patent number: 10414848
    Abstract: A living radical polymerization initiator represented by the following: wherein, R1 represents an aromatic, an alkylcarbonyl, an alkoxycarbonyl, an aminocarbonyl, an alkylaminocarbonyl, a dialkylaminocarbonyl, an arylcarbonyl, an alkylsulfonyl, an aryl sulfonyl or combinations thereof; R2, R3, R4 and R5 are a hydrogen, an aliphatic, an aromatic, an alkylcarbonyl, an alkoxycarbonyl, an aminocarbonyl, an alkylaminocarbonyl, a dialkylaminocarbonyl, an arylcarbonyl, a carboxy, an alkylsulfonyl or an aryl sulfonyl; X and Y are a halogen; m and n are an integer of 1 or more, and are non-symmetrical so that X and Y have different reactivities to initiate a living radical polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, GOOD SHIGEN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Atsushi Goto, Michihiko Miyamoto, Hiroto Komatsu, Yu Yamaguchi, Takuya Jitsukawa
  • Patent number: 9946396
    Abstract: A transparent electrode capacitance sensor includes a transparent resin substrate; at least one transparent electrode formed on the transparent resin substrate; a pseudo auxiliary electrode formed in at least a portion of an outer periphery of the transparent electrode; and a lead wire connected to the pseudo auxiliary electrode, wherein the pseudo auxiliary electrode is thicker than the transparent electrode, and includes the same material as the transparent electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nozaki, Hiroto Komatsu, Takashi Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20170306073
    Abstract: A living radical polymerization initiator represented by the following: wherein, R1 represents an aromatic, an alkylcarbonyl, an alkoxycarbonyl, an aminocarbonyl, an alkylaminocarbonyl, a dialkylaminocarbonyl, an arylcarbonyl, an alkylsulfonyl, an aryl sulfonyl or combinations thereof; R2, R3, R4 and R5 are a hydrogen, an aliphatic, an aromatic, an alkylcarbonyl, an alkoxycarbonyl, an aminocarbonyl, an alkylaminocarbonyl, a dialkylaminocarbonyl, an arylcarbonyl, a carboxy, an alkylsulfonyl or an aryl sulfonyl; X and Y are a halogen; m and n are an integer of 1 or more, and are non-symmetrical so that X and Y have different reactivities to initiate a living radical polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicants: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, GODO SHIGEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi GOTO, Michihiko MIYAMOTO, Hiroto KOMATSU, Yu YAMAGUCHI, Takuya JITSUKAWA
  • Patent number: 9541578
    Abstract: A capacitive sensor sheet producing method for producing a capacitive sensor sheet uses a base having an insulative base layer on which a binder resin layer including conductive nanowires is formed. The conductive nanowires partially projecting from a surface of the binder resin layer. The method includes removing a binder resin from projections of conductive nanowires partially projected from a plurality of detection electrodes by implementing a surface etching and shaping treatment on a surface of the binder resin layer, or surface ends of at least partial detection electrodes of the plurality of detection electrodes, forming wiring lines of the conductive pattern layer, and connecting the wiring lines to the surface ends of at least partial detection electrodes in the pattern layer. The projections of the conductive nanowires removed the binder resin are put into contact with the connecting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimada, Hiroto Komatsu
  • Patent number: 9482693
    Abstract: A production method of a capacitive sensor sheet, comprising: a film forming step forming of a optically-transparent electroconductive film 11 on the surface of a substrate 2 having optical transparency; a supplemental electrode forming step of setting an electrode region 3a which functions as the transparent electrode 3 at least in part of the film 11, and laminating a supplemental electrode 4a which has a lower electrical resistance than the electrical resistance of the film 11 to cover at least part of a periphery of the electrode region 3a; a wire forming step of laminating a wire 4b in which one end thereof is connected to the supplemental electrode 4a on the film 11; a resist laminating step of laminating a resist 12 to cover all of the electrode region 3a and at least part of the supplemental electrode 4a; and a conductive film removing step of removing a part of the film 11 formed on the substrate 2 having optical transparency placed at a position not overlapping with the resist 12, the supplemental e
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Nishizawa, Yusuke Kobayashi, Hiroto Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20160266707
    Abstract: A transparent electrode capacitance sensor includes a transparent resin substrate; at least one transparent electrode formed on the transparent resin substrate; a pseudo auxiliary electrode formed in at least a portion of an outer periphery of the transparent electrode; and a lead wire connected to the pseudo auxiliary electrode, wherein the pseudo auxiliary electrode is thicker than the transparent electrode, and includes the same material as the transparent electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro NOZAKI, Hiroto KOMATSU, Takashi KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160147335
    Abstract: A sensor sheet-producing sheet of the present invention includes a base layer; and a metal deposition layer having a thickness of 0.01 to 1.0 ?m which is formed on one surface of the base layer. A method for manufacturing a sensor sheet-producing sheet of the present invention includes a deposition step in which a metal deposition layer having a thickness of 0.01 to 1.0 ?m is deposited on one surface of a base layer. In the method for manufacturing a sensor sheet-producing sheet of the present invention, it is preferable that the deposition be vacuum deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Koji Nishizawa, Hiroto Komatsu, Shinji Hotta
  • Patent number: 9184747
    Abstract: A member for an electrostatic capacitance-type sensor which suppresses a decrease in the variation amount of the electrostatic capacitance caused between an input body and the electrode through a proximate operation or a touch operation by the input body and has a metallic luster appearance which does not degrade with time, and is economical, and an electrostatic capacitance-type sensor using the same. The disclosed member includes a sheet member having an operation surface S on which a proximate operation or a touch operation by an input body is carried out and an electrode which is disposed on the opposite side of the operation surface of the sheet member, in which the sheet member includes a decorative layer having a metallic luster, and the decorative layer is a continuous film made of silicon or an alloy of silicon and a metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kawaguchi, Hiroto Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20140063360
    Abstract: An input device includes an input member in which a pair of conductive substrates including an insulating substrate and a transparent conductive film that is provided on the insulating substrate and has a mesh-shaped member made of a conductive metal in an insulating transparent body are provided so as to be laminated in a thickness direction, and a detection means for being electrically connected to the transparent conductive film, and detecting an input signal. Here, a conductive portion in which the mesh-shaped member is arranged in the transparent substrate and an insulating portion in which at least one part of the mesh-shaped member in the transparent substrate is removed are provided on the transparent conductive film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Yousuke Kunishi, Hideki Suzuki, Hiroto Komatsu, Junichi Ikeno
  • Publication number: 20140035599
    Abstract: A capacitive sensor sheet producing method for producing a capacitive sensor sheet uses a base having an insulative base layer on which a binder resin layer including conductive nanowires is formed. The conductive nanowires partially projecting from a surface of the binder resin layer. The method includes removing a binder resin from projections of conductive nanowires partially projected from a plurality of detection electrodes by implementing a surface etching and shaping treatment on a surface of the binder resin layer, or surface ends of at least partial detection electrodes of the plurality of detection electrodes, forming wiring lines of the conductive pattern layer, and connecting the wiring lines to the surface ends of at least partial detection electrodes in the pattern layer. The projections of the conductive nanowires removed the binder resin are put into contact with the connecting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimata, Hiroto Komatsu
  • Patent number: 8610017
    Abstract: In a capacitive input switch that is accommodated in a housing of electronic equipment, the capacitive input switch includes a rigidity imparting layer having rigidity and a laminate sheet laminated on the rigidity imparting layer. The rigidity imparting layer and the laminate sheet are three dimensionally formed. The laminate sheet is formed by a substrate sheet, a conductive pattern layer for capacitor formation, and a decorative layer that is laminated at least on any one of the substrate sheet and the conductive pattern layer. A separate conductor is caused to contact with the conductive pattern layer and the conductive pattern layer is caused to be electrically connected to an external electric circuit by the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kobayashi, Shoji Yamazaki, Sumitaka Araki, Atsuko Tanaka, Hiroto Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20130181727
    Abstract: A production method of a capacitive sensor sheet, comprising: a film forming step forming of a optically-transparent electroconductive film 11 on the surface of a substrate 2 having optical transparency; a supplemental electrode forming step of setting an electrode region 3a which functions as the transparent electrode 3 at least in part of the film 11, and laminating a supplemental electrode 4a which has a lower electrical resistance than the electrical resistance of the film 11 to cover at least part of a periphery of the electrode region 3a; a wire forming step of laminating a wire 4b in which one end thereof is connected to the supplemental electrode 4a on the film 11; a resist laminating step of laminating a resist 12 to cover all of the electrode region 3a and at least part of the supplemental electrode 4a; and a conductive film removing step of removing a part of the film 11 formed on the substrate 2 having optical transparency placed at a position not overlapping with the resist 12, the supplemental e
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Koji Nishizawa, Yusuke Kobayashi, Hiroto Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20130153392
    Abstract: A member for an electrostatic capacitance-type sensor which suppresses a decrease in the variation amount of the electrostatic capacitance caused between an input body and the electrode through a proximate operation or a touch operation by the input body and has a metallic luster appearance which does not degrade with time, and is economical, and an electrostatic capacitance-type sensor using the same. The disclosed member includes a sheet member having an operation surface S on which a proximate operation or a touch operation by an input body is carried out and an electrode which is disposed on the opposite side of the operation surface of the sheet member, in which the sheet member includes a decorative layer having a metallic luster, and the decorative layer is a continuous film made of silicon or an alloy of silicon and a metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kawaguchi, Hiroto Komatsu
  • Patent number: 8269108
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film (12, 22) including a transparent base material (2) having insulation properties; and a mesh member made of a conductive metal and provided in the transparent base material (2), wherein the transparent base material (2) is provided with a conductive portion in which the mesh member is arranged, and an insulating portion (I) in which a gap (5) formed by removing the mesh member is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignees: Shin Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd., National University Corporation Saitama University
    Inventors: Yousuke Kunishi, Hideki Suzuki, Hiroto Komatsu, Junichi Ikeno