Patents by Inventor Hiroyasu Tabuchi
Hiroyasu Tabuchi 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).
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Patent number: 10612142Abstract: A film formation apparatus for forming a thin film having high gas barrier performance, such as a DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) film, a SiOx film, a SiOC film, a SiOCN film, a SiNx film, and an AlOx film, on an inner surface and/or an outer surface of a container such as a PET bottle. The film formation apparatus has: a vacuum chamber for forming, in a vacuum state, a film on a surface of a container using a heat generating element; a vacuum evacuation device for vacuumizing the vacuum chamber; and a relative shifting device for relatively shifting the container and the heat generating element in the vacuum chamber after the vacuumization of the vacuum chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: KIRIN BEER KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Ooshima, Keiichi Fujimoto, Hiroyasu Tabuchi, Masaki Nakaya
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Patent number: 10487397Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a gas barrier plastic molded body which is excellent in gas barrier properties and transparency and a method for producing the same. A gas barrier plastic molded body 90 according to the present disclosure includes a plastic molded body 91 and a gas barrier thin film 92 provided on a surface of the plastic molded body 91, and in the gas barrier plastic molded body, the gas barrier thin film 92 contains silicon (Si), carbon (C), and oxygen (O) as constituent elements and has a region, in a which a main peak is observed, at a peak appearance position of binding energy of Si—C when the gas barrier thin film is subjected to an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis under Condition (1). Condition (1): a measurement range is set to 95 to 105 eV.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyasu Tabuchi
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Publication number: 20180127872Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a gas barrier plastic molded body which is excellent in gas barrier properties and transparency and a method for producing the same. A gas barrier plastic molded body 90 according to the present disclosure includes a plastic molded body 91 and a gas barrier thin film 92 provided on a surface of the plastic molded body 91, and in the gas barrier plastic molded body, the gas barrier thin film 92 contains silicon (Si), carbon (C), and oxygen (O) as constituent elements and has a region, in a which a main peak is observed, at a peak appearance position of binding energy of Si—C when the gas barrier thin film is subjected to an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis under Condition (1). Condition (1): a measurement range is set to 95 to 105 eV.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2016Publication date: May 10, 2018Applicant: KIRIN COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Hiroyasu TABUCHI
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Publication number: 20180027613Abstract: An object of the disclosure is to provide a heat generation element having high durability and a method of manufacturing the same. A heat generation element 1 according to the disclosure includes a first layer 2 having a metallic tantalum phase, and a second layer 3 which covers a periphery of the first layer 2 and has a tantalum carbide phase, wherein a concentration of silicon in an interface portion 4 between the first layer 2 and the second layer 3 is higher than a concentration of silicon in a portion other than the interface portion 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: KIRIN COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hiroyasu TABUCHI, Tsutomu AMANO, Masaki NAKAYA
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Patent number: 9410245Abstract: A gas barrier plastic molded product having high gas barrier properties is provided. The gas barrier plastic molded product is a gas barrier plastic molded product comprising a plastic molded product and a gas barrier thin film provided on the surface of the plastic molded product, in which the gas barrier thin film contains silicon (Si), carbon (C), oxygen (O) and hydrogen (H) as constituent elements, and comprises a Si-containing layer having a Si content percentage represented by (Mathematical Formula 1) of 40.1% or more: Si content percentage [%]={(Si content [atomic %])/ (total content of Si, O and C [atomic %])}×100??(Mathematical Formula 1) wherein in Mathematical Formula 1, the content of Si, O or C is a content thereof in the items of the three elements of Si, O and C.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2011Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: KIRIN BEER KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mari Shimizu, Eitaro Matsui, Aiko Sato, Masaki Nakaya, Hiroyasu Tabuchi
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Patent number: 8932676Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a gas barrier plastic molded body by forming a gas barrier thin film which is substantially colorless and has gas barrier properties, on the surface of a plastic molded body by a heating element CVD method using only raw material gases that are highly safe.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Kirin Beer Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaki Nakaya, Midori Takiguchi, Mari Shimizu, Aiko Sato, Hiroyasu Tabuchi, Eitaro Matsui
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Publication number: 20140366806Abstract: The present invention relates to a film formation apparatus for forming thin films having high gas barrier performance, such as a DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) film, SiOx film, SiOC film, SiOCN film, SiNx film, and AIOx film, on the inner surface and/or outer surface of containers such as PET bottles. The film formation apparatus is provided with: a vacuum chamber for forming, in a vacuum state, a film on a surface of a container (4) using a heat generating element (21); a vacuum evacuation device for vacuumizing the vacuum chamber; and a relative shifting device for relatively shifting the container (4) and the heat generating element (21) in the vacuum chamber after starting vacuumization of the vacuum chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2012Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: KIRIN BEER KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Ooshima, Keiichi Fujimoto, Hiroyasu Tabuchi, Masaki Nakaya
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Publication number: 20130323423Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a gas barrier plastic molded body by forming a gas barrier thin film which is substantially colorless and has gas barrier properties, on the surface of a plastic molded body by a heating element CVD method using only raw material gases that are highly safe.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2011Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: KIRIN BEER KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaki Nakaya, Midori Takiguchi, Mari Shimizu, Aiko Sato, Hiroyasu Tabuchi, Eitaro Matsui
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Publication number: 20130316108Abstract: A gas barrier plastic molded product having high gas barrier properties is provided. The gas barrier plastic molded product is a gas barrier plastic molded product comprising a plastic molded product and a gas barrier thin film provided on the surface of the plastic molded product, in which the gas barrier thin film contains silicon (Si), carbon (C), oxygen (O) and hydrogen (H) as constituent elements, and comprises a Si-containing layer having a Si content percentage represented by (Mathematical Formula 1) of 40.1% or more: Si content percentage[%]={(Si content[atomic %])/(total content of Si, O and C [atomic %])}×100??(Mathematical Formula 1) wherein in Mathematical Formula 1, the content of Si, O or C is a content thereof in the items of the three elements of Si, O and C.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2011Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: KIRIN BEER KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mari Shimizu, Eitaro Matsui, Aiko Sato, Masaki Nakaya, Hiroyasu Tabuchi