Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Katayama

Hiroyuki Katayama 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: 8575291
    Abstract: A thermoplastic silicone resin has a main chain consisting of a polysiloxane and at least two side chains which branch off from the main chain. The side chain contains a functional group having two or more atomic groups each capable of forming a hydrogen bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Katayama, Haruka Fujii
  • Patent number: 8569792
    Abstract: A method for producing a silicone resin sheet includes the steps of forming a first coating layer by applying a first silicone resin composition which contains a first organopolysiloxane and a second organopolysiloxane; forming a precursor layer from the first coating layer by reacting the first organopolysiloxane with the second organopolysiloxane so as to have a conversion ratio of 5 to 40%; and forming a second layer on at least one surface in a thickness direction of the precursor layer by applying a second silicone resin composition which contains a third organopolysiloxane, a fourth organopolysiloxane, a hydrosilylation catalyst, and a curing retardant containing tetraalkylammonium hydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Munehisa Mitani, Hiroyuki Katayama
  • Patent number: 8563667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for thermosetting silicone resin including: (1) a dual-end silanol type silicone resin represented by formula (I) in which R1 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and n is an integer of 20 to 10,000, provided that all R1 groups may be the same or different; (2) a trialkoxysilane; and (3) a condensation catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Katayama, Ryuichi Kimura
  • Patent number: 8551277
    Abstract: A method for producing a light emitting diode device includes the steps of preparing a laminate including, in order, a supporting layer, a constraining layer and an encapsulating resin layer, each formed in a thickness direction; cutting the encapsulating resin layer and the constraining layer in the laminate into a pattern corresponding to the light emitting diode element; removing a portion which does not correspond to the light emitting diode element in the encapsulating resin layer and the constraining layer that are cut into the pattern; allowing the encapsulating resin layer corresponding to the light emitting diode element to be opposed to the light emitting diode element to be pressed in the direction where they come close to each other so as to encapsulate the light emitting diode element by the encapsulating resin layer; and removing the supporting layer and the constraining layer from the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunari Ooyabu, Hiroyuki Katayama, Daisuke Tsukahara, Munehisa Mitani
  • Publication number: 20130234186
    Abstract: An encapsulating sheet includes a transparent layer in which a concave portion that is dented from the surface inwardly is formed and a phosphor encapsulating layer which fills the concave portion. The transparent layer is formed from a transparent composition containing a first silicone resin composition and the phosphor encapsulating layer is formed from a phosphor encapsulating composition containing a phosphor and a second silicone resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20130229805
    Abstract: A light-emitting device assembly includes a plurality of light-emitting devices. The plurality of light-emitting devices each includes a circuit board including a pair of electrodes to be connected to an external power source, and to which an electric power is supplied from the power source through the electrodes; a semiconductor element supported on and electrically connected to the circuit board; and an encapsulating layer that encapsulates the semiconductor element on the circuit board. The plurality of light-emitting devices are disposed so as to be continuous in one direction. The encapsulating layer is disposed so that the encapsulating layers of the light-emitting devices next to each other are in contact with each other when viewed from the top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunari OOYABU, Hiroyuki KATAYAMA, Shigehiro UMETANI, Hisataka ITO, Shinsuke WAKIYA
  • Publication number: 20130228803
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate including a mirror surface region on its upper surface, a semiconductor light-emitting element disposed in the mirror surface region, and an encapsulating layer joined onto the upper surface of the substrate. The encapsulating layer includes a lower layer that is in contact with the upper surface of the substrate, covers the surrounding of the semiconductor light-emitting element, and contains phosphor; and an upper layer that is positioned on the lower layer, and has a larger phosphor content per unit area than that of the lower layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Wakiya, Toshikazu Takagi, Hirofumi Fukutsuka, Yasunari Ooyabu, Hiroyuki Katayama, Takashi Kondo, Hiroki Kono
  • Patent number: 8525219
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for a silicone resin, including: (1) an organopolysiloxane having a silanol group at an end thereof; (2) an organopolysiloxane having at least one alkenylsilyl group and at least two hydrosilyl groups in one molecule thereof; (3) a condensation catalyst; and (4) a hydrosilylation catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Katayama
  • Publication number: 20130105997
    Abstract: A silicone resin composition contains a first organopolysiloxane having, in one molecule, both at least two ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon groups and at least two silanol groups; a second organopolysiloxane having, in one molecule, at least two hydrosilyl groups without having an ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon group; a hydrosilylation catalyst; and a hydrosilylation retarder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Hirokazu MATSUDA, Ryuichi KIMURA, Hiroyuki KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20130099395
    Abstract: A silicone resin composition contains a cage octasilsesquioxane having a group represented by the following formula (1), an alkenyl group-containing polysiloxane containing an alkenyl group having a number of moles larger than that of a hydrosilyl group in the cage octasilsesquioxane, a hydrosilylation catalyst, and an organohydrogenpolysiloxane. (where, in formula, R1 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group selected from a saturated hydrocarbon group and an aromatic hydrocarbon group. R2 represents hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbon group selected from a saturated hydrocarbon group and an aromatic hydrocarbon group. The molar ratio of the monovalent hydrocarbon group:hydrogen in R2 in the cage octasilsesquioxane as a whole is, as an average value, in the range of 6.5:1.5 to 5.5:2.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Haruka ONA, Hiroyuki KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20130092974
    Abstract: A silicone resin sheet is formed from a resin composition containing a thermosetting silicone resin and microparticles. The complex viscosity thereof at a frequency of 10 Hz is 80 to 1000 Pa·s and the tan ? thereof at a frequency of 10 Hz is 0.3 to 1.6 obtained by a dynamic viscoelastic measurement at a frequency of 0.1 to 50 Hz at 30° C.; a rate of frequency increase of 10 Hz/min; and a distortion of 1% in a shear mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Ryuichi KIMURA, Hiroyuki KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20130069106
    Abstract: A method for producing a silicone resin sheet includes the steps of forming a first coating layer by applying a first silicone resin composition which contains a first organopolysiloxane and a second organopolysiloxane; forming a precursor layer from the first coating layer by reacting the first organopolysiloxane with the second organopolysiloxane so as to have a conversion ratio of 5 to 40%; and forming a second layer on at least one surface in a thickness direction of the precursor layer by applying a second silicone resin composition which contains a third organopolysiloxane, a fourth organopolysiloxane, a hydrosilylation catalyst, and a curing retardant containing tetraalkylammonium hydroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Munehisa MITANI, Hiroyuki KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20130066033
    Abstract: A thermoplastic silicone resin has a main chain consisting of a polysiloxane and at least two side chains which branch off from the main chain. The side chain contains a functional group having two or more atomic groups each capable of forming a hydrogen bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KATAYAMA, Haruka FUJII
  • Publication number: 20130048209
    Abstract: A method for producing a light emitting diode device includes the steps of preparing a laminate including, in order, a supporting layer, a constraining layer and an encapsulating resin layer, each formed in a thickness direction; cutting the encapsulating resin layer and the constraining layer in the laminate into a pattern corresponding to the light emitting diode element; removing a portion which does not correspond to the light emitting diode element in the encapsulating resin layer and the constraining layer that are cut into the pattern; allowing the encapsulating resin layer corresponding to the light emitting diode element to be opposed to the light emitting diode element to be pressed in the direction where they come close to each other so as to encapsulate the light emitting diode element by the encapsulating resin layer; and removing the supporting layer and the constraining layer from the laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunari OOYABU, Hiroyuki Katayama, Daisuke Tsukahara, Munehisa Mitani
  • Publication number: 20130020610
    Abstract: A silicone resin composition includes (1) an organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenylsilyl groups in one molecule, (2) an organopolysiloxane having at least two hydrosilyl groups in one molecule, (3) a hydrosilylation catalyst, and (4) a curing retarder, wherein the curing retarder contains tetraalkylammonium hydroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120319154
    Abstract: A silicone resin composition includes a cage octasilsesquioxane; a polysiloxane containing alkenyl groups at both ends containing an alkenyl group having the number of moles smaller than the number of moles of the hydrosilyl group of the cage octasilsesquioxane; a hydrosilylation catalyst; a hydroxyl group-containing polysiloxane, organohydrogenpolysiloxane, or a polysiloxane containing alkenyl groups at side chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruka FUJII, Hiroyuki KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120319575
    Abstract: A phosphor adhesive sheet includes a phosphor layer containing a phosphor and an adhesive layer laminated on one surface in a thickness direction of the phosphor layer. The adhesive layer is formed of a silicone resin composition having both thermoplastic and thermosetting properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshitaka NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki KATAYAMA, Haruka FUJII, Hironaka FUJII
  • Publication number: 20120306107
    Abstract: A silicone resin composition contains a first organopolysiloxane having, in one molecule, both at least two ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon groups and at least two hydrosilyl groups; a second organopolysiloxane having, in one molecule, at least two hydrosilyl groups without containing an ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon group; a hydrosilylation catalyst; and a hydrosilylation inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Munehisa MITANI, Hiroyuki KATAYAMA, Haruka FUJII
  • Patent number: 8318854
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for a thermosetting silicone resin, including: (1) an organopolysiloxane having a silanol group at an end thereof; (2) an alkenyl group-containing silicon compound; (3) an epoxy group-containing silicon compound; (4) an organohydrogensiloxane; (5) a condensation catalyst; (6) a hydrosilylation catalyst; and (7) a silica particle, in which the (7) silica particle has a 50% volume cumulative diameter of from 2 to 50 ?m, a content of particles having a particle size of 1 ?m or less of 15% by number or less and a content of particles having a particle size of 60 ?m or more of 15% by number or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Katayama, Takashi Kondo, Hirokazu Matsuda, Ryuichi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20120256220
    Abstract: An encapsulating sheet is stuck to a substrate mounted with a light emitting diode to encapsulate the light emitting diode. The encapsulating sheet includes an encapsulating material layer in which an embedding region is defined, the embedding region for embedding the light emitting diode from one side surface of the encapsulating material layer; a first phosphor layer laminated on the other side surface of the encapsulating material layer; and a second phosphor layer laminated on one side surface of the encapsulating material layer so as to be spaced apart from the embedding region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KATAYAMA, Ryuichi KIMURA, Hiroki KONO