Patents by Inventor Katsuhiro Higashi

Katsuhiro Higashi 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: 20170138012
    Abstract: A method for slope improvement including layering a life-extending layer on the surface of a protective layer made from mortar or concrete sprayed onto a slope in order to prevent rain water or the like from entering cracks in the protective layer, inhibit degradation of the protective layer, and prevent mortar pieces or concrete pieces from spalling off the protective layer, the method for slope improvement being characterized in that the life-extending layer is formed by a coating layer that has a crack conformability of 0.8 mm or larger and has salt-blocking properties and neutralization-preventing properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: DYFLEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki HORIE, Katsuhiro HIGASHI, Takeyasu MASUDA
  • Patent number: 8828548
    Abstract: An interlayer adhesive which is interposed between a waterproof layer formed from a resin-coated film and an inorganic material layer using mortar or concrete to adhere the waterproof layer and the inorganic material layer to each other, the interlayer adhesive containing a resin composition obtained by reacting (a) a base resin including an emulsion of a main resin containing at least one of an acrylic-based resin, an ethylene-vinyl acetate-based resin, and an epoxy-based resin, with (b) an isocyanate compound having an isocyanate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Dyflex Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Higashi, Noriyoshi Yano