Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Soda
Hiroyuki Soda 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: 9348224Abstract: There is provided a photosensitive resin composition. A photosensitive resin composition including a component (A), a component (B); and a solvent, wherein the component (A) is a copolymer having a structural unit of Formula (1) and a structural unit of Formula (2): (where R0 is a hydroxy group or a carboxy group; R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 is a single bond or a C1-5 alkylene group; R3 is a thermally cross-linkable monovalent organic group; and in a plurality of structural units of Formula (2), R1 are optionally different from each other), and the component (B) is a photosensitizer.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Isao Adachi, Takahiro Sakaguchi, Hiroyuki Soda
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Patent number: 9348222Abstract: There is provided a positive resist composition excellent in transparency, heat resistance, and refractive index particularly for forming a microlens and for forming a planarization film; and a microlens and a planarization film formed from the positive resist composition. A positive resist composition comprising a component (A): an alkali-soluble polymer comprising a unit structure having a biphenyl structure; a component (B): a compound having an organic group to be photolyzed to generate an alkali-soluble group; and a component (C): a solvent. The positive resist composition wherein the alkali-soluble polymer as the component (A) is a polymer comprising a unit structure of Formula (1): where when the total number of unit structures constituting the polymer (A) is assumed to be 1.0, the ratio n1 of the unit structure of Formula (1) constituting the polymer (A) satisfies 0.3?n1?1.0.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2009Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shojiro Yukawa, Takahiro Kishioka, Takahiro Sakaguchi, Hiroyuki Soda
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Patent number: 9029467Abstract: There is provided a resin composition. A resin composition includes: a copolymer having structural units of the following Formula (1), Formula (2) and Formula (3): where X is a C1-5 alkyl group, a C5-6 cycloalkyl group, a phenyl group or a benzyl group, while the alkyl group, the cycloalkyl group, the phenyl group and the benzyl group optionally have a portion or all of the hydrogen atoms substituted with halogen atoms, carboxy groups, hydroxy groups, amino groups or nitro groups; each of R1s is independently a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 is a single bond or a C1-5 alkylene group; R3 is a blocked isocyanate group; Y is an —O— group or an —NH— group; R4 is a single bond or a C1-5 alkylene group; and R5 is a C1-20 hydrocarbon group or a phenyl group having a hydroxy group as a substituent; and a solvent.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Soda, Takahiro Sakaguchi
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Publication number: 20150050593Abstract: There is provided a photosensitive resin composition. A photosensitive resin composition including a component (A), a component (B); and a solvent, wherein the component (A) is a copolymer having a structural unit of Formula (1) and a structural unit of Formula (2): (where R0 is a hydroxy group or a carboxy group; R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 is a single bond or a C1-5 alkylene group; R3 is a thermally cross-linkable monovalent organic group; and in a plurality of structural units of Formula (2), R1 are optionally different from each other), and the component (B) is a photosensitizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Isao Adachi, Takahiro Sakaguchi, Hiroyuki Soda
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Patent number: 8796349Abstract: There is provided a photosensitive resin composition for microlenses. A photosensitive resin composition for microlenses including a component (A), a component (B) and a solvent. The component (A): a copolymer having a maleimide structural unit of Formula (1) and a repeating structural unit of Formula (2). The component (B): a photosensitizer (in Formula (2), R0 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R1 is a single bond or a C1-5 alkylene group; R2 is a thermally cross-linkable monovalent organic group; and in the repeating structural unit of Formula (2), R0s are optionally different from each other).Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Soda, Takahiro Sakaguchi, Takahiro Kishioka
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Publication number: 20140200304Abstract: There is provided a resin composition. A resin composition includes: a copolymer having structural units of the following Formula (1), Formula (2) and Formula (3): where X is a C1-5 alkyl group, a C5-6 cycloalkyl group, a phenyl group or a benzyl group, while the alkyl group, the cycloalkyl group, the phenyl group and the benzyl group optionally have a portion or all of the hydrogen atoms substituted with halogen atoms, carboxy groups, hydroxy groups, amino groups or nitro groups; each of R1s is independently a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 is a single bond or a C1-5 alkylene group; R3 is a blocked isocyanate group; Y is an —O— group or an —NH— group; R4 is a single bond or a C1-5 alkylene group; and R5 is a C1-20 hydrocarbon group or a phenyl group having a hydroxy group as a substituent; and a solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2012Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Soda, Takahiro Sakaguchi
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Patent number: 8658342Abstract: A material for a planarization film, a spacer, and a microlens that satisfies heat resistance and transparency requirements without impairing a refractive index. A negative photosensitive composition includes a photopolymerizable polymer (A) having a fluorene skeleton, a monomer (B) having a fluorene skeleton and a photopolymerization initiator (C). The photopolymerizable polymer (A) having a fluorene skeleton may include a moiety that is soluble in an alkaline developer solution, or a unit structure of Formula (1): herein each R1 is independently a C1-10 alkyl group or a halogen atom; each L is an integer of 0 to 4; X is an organic group having an unsaturated bond at a terminal thereof; and Y is a linking group including a portion that is obtained by removing an acid radical from a tetracarboxylic dianhydride.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Nissan Chemicals Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Soda, Takahiro Sakaguchi, Shojiro Yukawa
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Publication number: 20130245152Abstract: There is provided a photosensitive resin composition for microlenses. A photosensitive resin composition for microlenses including a component (A), a component (B) and a solvent. The component (A): a copolymer having a maleimide structural unit of Formula (1) and a repeating structural unit of Formula (2). The component (B): a photosensitizer (in Formula (2), R0 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R1 is a single bond or a C1-5 alkylene group; R2 is a thermally cross-linkable monovalent organic group; and in the repeating structural unit of Formula (2), R0s are optionally different from each other).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Soda, Takahiro Sakaguchi, Takahiro Kishioka
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Publication number: 20120129102Abstract: A material for a planarization film, a spacer, and a microlens that satisfies heat resistance and transparency requirements without impairing a refractive index. A negative photosensitive composition includes a photopolymerizable polymer (A) having a fluorene skeleton, a monomer (B) having a fluorene skeleton and a photopolymerization initiator (C). The photopolymerizable polymer (A) having a fluorene skeleton may include a moiety that is soluble in an alkaline developer solution, or a unit structure of Formula (1): herein each R1 is independently a C1-10 alkyl group or a halogen atom; each L is an integer of 0 to 4; X is an organic group having an unsaturated bond at a terminal thereof; and Y is a linking group including a portion that is obtained by removing an acid radical from a tetracarboxylic dianhydride.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Soda, Takahiro Sakaruchi, Shojiro Yuwaka
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Publication number: 20110086310Abstract: There is provided a positive resist composition excellent in transparency, heat resistance, and refractive index particularly for forming a microlens and for forming a planarization film; and a microlens and a planarization film formed from the positive resist composition. A positive resist composition comprising a component (A): an alkali-soluble polymer comprising a unit structure having a biphenyl structure; a component (B): a compound having an organic group to be photolyzed to generate an alkali-soluble group; and a component (C): a solvent. The positive resist composition wherein the alkali-soluble polymer as the component (A) is a polymer comprising a unit structure of Formula (1): where when the total number of unit structures constituting the polymer (A) is assumed to be 1.0, the ratio n1 of the unit structure of Formula (1) constituting the polymer (A) satisfies 0.3?n1?1.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2009Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shojiro Yukawa, Takahiro Kishioka, Takahiro Sakaguchi, Hiroyuki Soda
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Patent number: 5362286Abstract: An automatic transmission which includes a clutch (6); a clutch actuator (7) for detecting and controlling a position of the clutch; a transmission (1); a transmission actuator (2) for driving the transmission; a vehicle speed detector (22) for detecting a vehicle speed; a throttle opening detector (11) for detecting a throttle opening; an automatic shift unit (30) including a gear shift map (30a, 30b) having a gear shift characteristic which is determined based on the vehicle speed and the throttle opening; a computer unit (30c) for computing an instant gear position of the transmission based on the vehicle speed and the throttle opening according to the gear shift map; a gear position selector (30d) for controlling the transmission actuator based on the instant gear position to upshift or downshift the transmission; a shift prohibit unit (40) for determining whether the instant gear position matches the previous gear position from a memory (40a) for a predetermined times in a predetermined period and, if thType: GrantFiled: April 23, 1993Date of Patent: November 8, 1994Assignee: Zexel CorporationInventors: Yuji Satoh, Hiromi Kono, Hiroyuki Soda, Masuhiro Otsuka
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Patent number: 5335174Abstract: In a method for correcting clutch data used for controlling the operation of a friction clutch connected with an electronically controlled transmission system, the clutch data includes meet position data stored in a memory and the stored meet position data is compared with a first learned meet position data obtained after power is applied to the transmission system. The old data stored in the memory is replaced with the first learned meet position data when the difference between the old data and the first learned meet position data is greater than a prescribed value. The old data is corrected by the use of the old data and the learned data when the difference is not greater than the prescribed value even if the learned data is the first learned meet position data.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1991Date of Patent: August 2, 1994Assignee: Zexel CorporationInventors: Hiromi Kohno, Hiroyuki Soda, Masuhiro Ohtsuka, Yusi Satoh
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Patent number: 5167311Abstract: A transmission control system with gear shift failure detection includes a transmission (1), each gear of which is equipped with a synchromesh mechanism (1e); an actuator unit (2) consisting of a shift actuator (2a) for making a gear shift in a shift direction and a select actuator (2b) for making a gear shift in a select direction; a control unit (4) for calculating a target position signal (M) from an amount of pressdown of an accelerator pedal, a vehicle speed, and a set position of a gear selector to control not only the actuator unit so that a gear is set within a target range but also a clutch so that connection or disconnection is made according to an operation of the transmission; a position detector (2f, 2g) provided in each of the shift and select actuators for detecting a position of a piston rod (2c, 2d); a servo cylinder (2a, 2b) in response to a signal from the position detector to position the piston rod at a given position of each gear; a speed detector (4a) in response to a signal from the poType: GrantFiled: September 24, 1990Date of Patent: December 1, 1992Assignee: Zexel CorporationInventors: Yuji Satoh, Hiromi Kono, Masuhiro Otsuka, Hiroyuki Soda
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Patent number: 5152388Abstract: In a system for controlling a clutch for vehicle having an automatic gear-transmission control system, the clutch is controlled so as to be disengaged when a gear of the transmission is in a prescribed low-speed gear position at which strong engine braking power can be expected and fuel-powered operation of an engine for powering the vehicle has stopped during the running of the vehicle, whereby it can be prevented to apply sudden engine braking power to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1991Date of Patent: October 6, 1992Assignee: Zexel CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Soda, Hiromi Kohno, Masuhiro Otsuka
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Patent number: 5064039Abstract: An automatic transmission with an engine rpm sensor fault detector includes a starter switch (18); a clutch (6) for transmitting an output of an engine (8); a clutch control unit for controlling engagement of the clutch; a transmission (1); an engine rpm sensor (9); a an input shaft sensor (5a); a gear position sensor (40a) for detecting a gear position of the transmission; a control unit (4) for controlling the clutch control unit based on outputs of the respective detectors and enables the starter switch to operate when the transmission is in a neutral position. The control unit includes a starter switch detector (40b) for determining whether the starter switch is on and a fault determination unit (40c) for determining whether the first detector is faulty.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1991Date of Patent: November 12, 1991Assignee: Zexel CorporationInventors: Masuhiro Otsuka, Hiromi Kono, Yuji Satoh, Hiroyuki Soda
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Patent number: 5014832Abstract: A clutch control unit which includes a clutch (6); a first detector (9) for detecting a first rate of rotation of an input of the clutch; a second detector (5a) for detecting a second rate of rotation of an output of the clutch; a clutch learning unit (4b) for determining a clutch position at which both of the first and second rates of rotation meet predetermined conditions when said clutch is moved toward engagement from a preset learning starting point and storing a clutch characteristic; a signal generator (4c) for generating a learning underway signal indicating that the clutch learning unit is learning the clutch characteristic; and warning unit (16a) responsive to the learning underway signal to provide a warning display or sound.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 1990Date of Patent: May 14, 1991Assignee: Zexel CorporationInventors: Yuji Satoh, Hiromi Kono, Hiroyuki Soda, Masuhiro Otsuka