Patents by Inventor Jun Koike

Jun Koike 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: 10766169
    Abstract: To provide a resin mold which is excellent in adhesion to a substrate, excellent in release properties from a transfer material resin, further excellent in durability of the resin mold itself, and which endures repetition transfer to the transfer material resin, a resin mold of the invention is a resin mold having a fine concavo-convex structure on the surface, and is characterized in that the fluorine element concentration (Es) in a resin mold surface portion is the average fluorine element concentration (Eb) in the resin forming the resin mold or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Matsumoto, Jun Koike
  • Patent number: 10464242
    Abstract: A convey device, which conveys an insert member into a die, includes a holding device configured to hold the insert member in an attitude in which a major surface of the insert member is in a substantially gravitational direction; a convey mechanism configured to convey the insert member to the die, while the insert member is being held in the attitude by the holding device; and a heating device configured to heat the insert member. The insert member can be heated by the heating device before the insert member is disposed in the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Koike, Akira Yoshinaga, Nobuyuki Asanuma
  • Patent number: 10239279
    Abstract: A function transfer product (14) is provided with a carrier (10) having a concavo-convex structure (11) of nanostructure, and a functional layer (12) provided on the concavo-convex structure (11). The functional layer (12) is beforehand provided on the surface of the concavo-convex structure (11), and is directly brought into contact with one main surface of a target object (20), and then the carrier (10) is removed from the functional layer (12) to transfer the functional layer (12) to the target object (20). An average pitch of the concavo-convex structure (11) ranges from 1 nm to 1500 nm, the functional layer (12) contains a resin, and a ratio (Ra/lor) between surface roughness (Ra) on the exposed surface side of the functional layer (12) and a distance between a top position of a convex-portion of the concavo-convex structure (11) and the exposed surface of the functional layer (12) is 1.2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Koike, Fujito Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10184064
    Abstract: Disclosed is an inorganic composition for transferring a fine unevenness by which a fine unevenness made of an inorganic material capable of controlling a refractive index can be fabricated through a suitable transfer process. The composition according to the present invention contains a silicone compound and at least two types of metal alkoxides, wherein the metal alkoxides include a metal alkoxide having a metal species M1 (where M1 denotes at least one metal element selected from a group consisting of Ti, Zr, Zn, Sn, B, In, and Al) and a metal alkoxide having a metal species Si. In addition, a ratio between a molarity CM1 of the metal alkoxide having the metal species M1 and a molarity CSi of the metal alkoxide having the metal species Si in the inorganic composition for transferring a fine unevenness satisfies a condition of 0.2?CM1/CSi?24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Jun Koike
  • Patent number: 10179432
    Abstract: A convey device, which conveys an insert member into a die, includes a holding device configured to hold the insert member in an attitude in which a major surface of the insert member is in a substantially gravitational direction; a convey mechanism configured to convey the insert member to the die, while the insert member is being held in the attitude by the holding device; and a heating device configured to heat the insert member. The insert member can be heated by the heating device before the insert member is disposed in the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Koike, Akira Yoshinaga, Nobuyuki Asanuma
  • Patent number: 10105753
    Abstract: An opening/closing apparatus is provided for use in a molding apparatus, such as an injection molding machine. The opening/closing apparatus may eliminate the influence of a slight gap formed between a bush and a pin in a link connecting portion of a toggle link mechanism and in addition, can enhance workability e.g., in mold replacement. An opening/closing apparatus of the present technology may include an opening/closing mechanism including a toggle link mechanism connecting a pressure-receiving platen and a movable platen; a drive mechanism for driving the opening/closing mechanism; and a core-back hydraulic cylinder for applying a load to the movable platen in a given direction in conjunction with the first drive mechanism, configured to perform the operation of slightly opening of the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaki Miyauchi, Jun Koike, Hideaki Kitta, Hiroyuki Onuma, Masato Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20170333984
    Abstract: There is provided an opening/closing apparatus which can eliminate the influence of a slight gap formed between a bush and a pin in a link connecting portion of a toggle link mechanism and, in addition, can enhance workability e.g mold replacement, An opening/closing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a fixed platen 20 to which one mold 21 of a pair of molds is to be mounted; a movable platen 22 to which the other mold 23 is to be mounted; a pressure-receiving platen 24 connected to the fixed platen 20 via tie bars 36; an opening/closing mechanism for opening/closing the molds by moving the movable platen 22 back and forth, including a toggle link mechanism 28 connecting the pressure-receiving platen 24 and the movable platen 22; a first drive mechanism for driving the opening/closing mechanism; and a second drive mechanism 50 for applying a load to the movable platen 22 in a given direction in conjunction with the first drive mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaki Miyauchi, Jun Koike, Hideaki Kitta, Hiroyuki Onuma, Masato Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 9660141
    Abstract: A pattern wafer (10) for LEDs is provided with an uneven structure A (20) having an arrangement with n-fold symmetry substantially on at least a part of the main surface, where in at least a part of the uneven structure A (20), a rotation shift angle ? meets 0°<??(180/n)° in which ? is the rotation shift angle of an arrangement axis A of the uneven structure A (20) with respect to a crystal axis direction in the main surface, and a top of the convex-portion of the uneven structure A (20) is a corner portion with a radius of curvature exceeding “0”. A first semiconductor layer (30), light emitting semiconductor layer (40) and second semiconductor layer (50) are layered on the uneven structure A (20) to constitute an epitaxial wafer (100) for LEDs. It is possible to provide the pattern wafer for LEDs and epitaxial wafer for LEDs with cracks and internal quantum efficiency IQE improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Koike
  • Patent number: 9614136
    Abstract: In an optical substrate (1), a concave-convex structure (12) including a plurality of independent convex portions (131 to 134) and concave portions (14) provided between the convex portions (131 to 134) is provided in a surface. The average interval Pave between the adjacent convex portions (131 to 134) in the concave-convex structure (12) satisfies 50 nm?Pave?1500 nm, and the convex portion (133) having a convex portion height hn satisfying 0.6 h?hn?0 h for the average convex portion height Have is present with a probability Z satisfying 1/10000?Z?1/5. When the optical substrate (1) is used in a semiconductor light-emitting element, dislocations in a semiconductor layer are dispersed to reduce the dislocation density, and thus internal quantum efficiency IQE is improved, and a waveguide mode is removed by light scattering and thus the light the extraction efficiency LEE is increased, with the result that the efficiency of light emission of the semiconductor light-emitting element is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Koike, Yoshimichi Mitamura, Fujito Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9541684
    Abstract: To provide a substrate for optics for enabling the color shift caused by diffraction of light to be reduced, a substrate for optics (12) is provided with a fine-structure layer including dots (31) comprised of a plurality of convex portions or concave portions extending in the direction of from a main surface of a substrate to outside the surface, the fine-structure layer has a plurality of dot lines in which a plurality of dots is arranged with a pitch (Py) in the first direction inside the main surface of the substrate, while having a plurality of dot lines in which a plurality of dots is arranged with a pitch (Px) in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction inside the main surface of the substrate, and both of the pitch Py and the pitch Px are inconstant intervals and are of nano-order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fujito Yamaguchi, Jun Koike, Naoki Inoue
  • Patent number: 9513409
    Abstract: To provide a fine-structure layered product, and a preparation method of a fine-structure layered product using the fine-structure layered product for enabling a fine concavo-convex structure excellent in environmental resistance, weather resistance and long-term stability to be formed with a large area and high productivity, and provide a manufacturing method of a fine-structure product for enabling a large area to be made with high productivity, a fine-structure layered product of the invention is provided with a substrate, a resin layer that is formed on one main surface of the substrate and that has a fine concavo-convex structure on its surface, and an inorganic layer that is provided on the fine concavo-convex structure of the resin layer and that contains a sol-gel material having a fine concavo-convex structure in a shape associated with the fine concavo-convex structure of the resin layer, where a fluorine element concentration (Es) in a region on the inorganic layer side of the resin layer is higher
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Koike, Ryuichi Ito, Fujito Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9419249
    Abstract: A light extraction product (1) for a semiconductor light emitting device is provided with a concavo-convex structure layer (11), provided with a concavo-convex structure (11a) on a surface thereof, having a first refractive index (n1) and a light extraction layer (12), provided on the convex portion of the concavo-convex structure (11a), having a second refractive index (n2), where in a first light extraction layer (12a) a distance Lcv between an average position Sh of tops of the convex-portions and a convex-portion upper interface average position Scv of the first light extraction layer (12a) meets equation (1) 10 nm?Lcv?5000 nm, in the concavo-convex structure (11a) a convex-portion average height H meets equation (2) 10 nm?H?5000 nm, an average pitch P meets equation (3) 50 nm?P?5000 nm, and the distance Lcv and the convex-portion average height H meet equation (4) 50 nm?Lcv+H?6000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fujito Yamaguchi, Jun Koike, Aya Takagiwa
  • Patent number: 9391236
    Abstract: To provide a substrate for optics provided with a fine-structure product which improves luminous efficiency of an LED while improving internal quantum efficiency IQE by decreasing the number of dislocation defects in a semiconductor layer, a substrate for optics (1) is provided with a fine-structure layer (12) including dots comprised of a plurality of convex portions (13) extending in the direction of from the main surface of a substrate (11) to outside the surface, where the fine-structure layer (12) has a plurality of dot lines (13-1 to 13-N) in which a plurality of dots is arranged with a pitch Py in the first direction in the main surface of the substrate (11), while having the plurality of dot lines in which a plurality of dots is arranged with a pitch Px in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction in the main surface of the substrate (11), one of the pitch Py and the pitch Px is a constant interval of nano-order, while the other one is an inconstant interval of nano-order, or both are inc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fujito Yamaguchi, Jun Koike, Masatoshi Maeda
  • Patent number: 9263649
    Abstract: Disclosed is a layered product for fine pattern formation and a method of manufacturing the layered product for fine pattern formation, capable of easily forming a fine pattern having a thin or no remaining film in order to form a fine pattern having a high aspect ratio on a processing object. The layered product for fine pattern formation (1) of the present invention used to form a fine pattern (220) in a processing object (200) using a first mask layer (103) includes: a mold (101) having a concavo-convex structure (101a) on a surface; and a second mask layer (102) provided on the concavo-convex structure (101a), wherein in the second mask layer (102), a distance (lcc) and a height (h) of the concavo-convex structure (101a) satisfy Formula (1) 0<lcc<1.0 h, and a distance (lcv) and the height (h) satisfy Formula (2) 0?lcv?0.05 h.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Koike, Fujito Yamaguchi, Masatoshi Maeda, Shinji Arihisa, Masayoshi Arihisa
  • Publication number: 20150158268
    Abstract: A function transfer product (14) is provided with a carrier (10) having a concavo-convex structure (11) of nanostructure, and a functional layer (12) provided on the concavo-convex structure (11). The functional layer (12) is beforehand provided on the surface of the concavo-convex structure (11), and is directly brought into contact with one main surface of a target object (20), and then the carrier (10) is removed from the functional layer (12) to transfer the functional layer (12) to the target object (20). An average pitch of the concavo-convex structure (11) ranges from 1 nm to 1500 nm, the functional layer (12) contains a resin, and a ratio (Ra/lor) between surface roughness (Ra) on the exposed surface side of the functional layer (12) and a distance between a top position of a convex-portion of the concavo-convex structure (11) and the exposed surface of the functional layer (12) is 1.2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Koike, Fujito Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20150111005
    Abstract: A first mask layer (13) and a second mask layer (12) are transferred and imparted to a target object (20) using a fine-pattern-forming film (I) provided with a cover film (10) having a nanoscale concavo-convex structure (11) formed on one surface thereof, a second mask layer (12) provided in a recess of the concavo-convex structure (11), and a first mask layer (13) provided so as to cover the concavo-convex structure (11) and the second mask layer (12). A surface of a fine-pattern-forming film (II) to which the first mask layer (13) is provided is pressed toward a surface of the target object (20), energy rays are irradiated to the first mask layer (13), and the cover film (10) is then separated from the second mask layer (12) and the first mask layer (13). Pressing and energy ray irradiation are each performed independently. The target object is etched using the second mask layer (12) and the first mask layer (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Hosomi, Jun Koike, Fujito Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20150076468
    Abstract: A light extraction product (1) for a semiconductor light emitting device is provided with a concavo-convex structure layer (11), provided with a concavo-convex structure (11a) on a surface thereof, having a first refractive index (n1) and a light extraction layer (12), provided on the convex portion of the concavo-convex structure (11a), having a second refractive index (n2), where in a first light extraction layer (12a) a distance Lcv between an average position Sh of tops of the convex-portions and a convex-portion upper interface average position Scv of the first light extraction layer (12a) meets equation (1) 10 nm?Lcv?5000 nm, in the concavo-convex structure (11a) a convex-portion average height H meets equation (2) 10 nm?H?5000 nm, an average pitch P meets equation (3) 50 nm?P?5000 nm, and the distance Lcv and the convex-portion average height H meet equation (4) 50 nm?Lcv+H?6000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fujito Yamaguchi, Jun Koike, Aya Takagiwa
  • Publication number: 20150048380
    Abstract: In an optical substrate (1), a concave-convex structure (12) including a plurality of independent convex portions (131 to 134) and concave portions (14) provided between the convex portions (131 to 134) is provided in a surface. The average interval Pave between the adjacent convex portions (131 to 134) in the concave-convex structure (12) satisfies 50 nm?Pave?1500 nm, and the convex portion (133) having a convex portion height hn satisfying 0.6 h?hn?0 h for the average convex portion height Have is present with a probability Z satisfying 1/10000?Z?1/5. When the optical substrate (1) is used in a semiconductor light-emitting element, dislocations in a semiconductor layer are dispersed to reduce the dislocation density, and thus internal quantum efficiency IQE is improved, and a waveguide mode is removed by light scattering and thus the light the extraction efficiency LEE is increased, with the result that the efficiency of light emission of the semiconductor light-emitting element is enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Koike, Yoshimichi Mitamura, Fujito Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20150044417
    Abstract: A resist layered product (30) is provided with an inorganic substrate (21), first resist layer (22) provided on one main surface of the inorganic substrate (21), and second resist layer (23), provided on the first resist layer (22), provided with a concavo-convex structure (23a) on its surface. In the concavo-convex structure (23a), a thickness of a residual film after transfer is 50 nm or less, the ratio (lcv/lcc) of a top width of convex-portion (lcv) to an opening width of concave-portion (lcc) of a fine pattern of a mold is in a predetermined range, and the ratio (Vr2/Vcm) between a concave-portion volume (Vcm) of the fine pattern of the mold and a volume (Vr2) of the second resist layer (23) is in a predetermined range. It is possible to easily form a resist mask (25) having a thin and uniform residual film on the inorganic substrate (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Koike
  • Publication number: 20140326988
    Abstract: To provide a substrate for optics for enabling the color shift caused by diffraction of light to be reduced, a substrate for optics (12) is provided with a fine-structure layer including dots (31) comprised of a plurality of convex portions or concave portions extending in the direction of from a main surface of a substrate to outside the surface, the fine-structure layer has a plurality of dot lines in which a plurality of dots is arranged with a pitch (Py) in the first direction inside the main surface of the substrate, while having a plurality of dot lines in which a plurality of dots is arranged with a pitch (Px) in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction inside the main surface of the substrate, and both of the pitch Py and the pitch Px are inconstant intervals and are of nano-order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Fujito Yamaguchi, Jun Koike, Naoki Inoue