Patents by Inventor Katsunori Takada

Katsunori Takada 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: 10139525
    Abstract: There is provided an optical laminate excellent which secures adhesiveness between the (meth)acrylic resin film (base material film) and a hard coat layer, and can prevent a reduction in scratch resistance. An optical laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a base material layer formed of a (meth)acrylic resin film; a hard coat layer formed by applying, to the (meth)acrylic resin film, a composition for forming a hard coat layer containing a curable compound and inorganic nanoparticles; and a penetration layer having a thickness of 1.2 ?m or more, the penetration layer being formed between the base material layer and the hard coat layer by penetration of the composition for forming a hard coat layer into the (meth)acrylic resin film, wherein a content of the inorganic nanoparticles is 1.5 wt % to 50 wt % with respect to a total of the curable compound and the inorganic nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Shibata, Katsunori Takada, Hiroyuki Takemoto, Keisuke Hirano
  • Publication number: 20180307095
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display apparatus having the following feature: although the liquid crystal display apparatus has a step between its display screen and outermost surface, the step is hardly recognized; and the liquid crystal display apparatus can achieve bright display. A liquid crystal display apparatus according to the present invention includes a liquid crystal cell; a first polarizer arranged on a back surface side of the liquid crystal cell; a second polarizer arranged on a viewer side of the liquid crystal cell; a cover sheet arranged on a viewer side of the second polarizer, the cover sheet having an opening portion at a position corresponding to a display region of the liquid crystal cell; and a third polarizer arranged on a viewer side of the cover sheet to cover the opening portion, wherein the opening portion of the cover sheet is filled with a pressure-sensitive adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Takada, Eiko Suefusa, Yoshitsugu Kitamura, Keisuke Kimura, Seiji Umemoto
  • Patent number: 10107947
    Abstract: There is provided a polarizer excellent in durability. A polarizer according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a resin film containing boric acid, wherein the resin film has a low-concentration portion, which contains a lower concentration of the boric acid than that in any other site, formed in an end portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Takada, Kota Nakai, Naotaka Higuchi, Keisuke Kimura, Yoshitsugu Kitamura, Hiroki Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20180292709
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display apparatus having the following feature: although the liquid crystal display apparatus has a step between its display screen and outermost surface, the step is hardly recognized; and the liquid crystal display apparatus can achieve bright display. A liquid crystal display apparatus according to the present invention includes a liquid crystal cell; a first polarizer arranged on a back surface side of the liquid crystal cell; a cover sheet arranged on a viewer side of the liquid crystal cell, the cover sheet having a transmission portion at a position corresponding to a display region of the liquid crystal cell; and a second polarizer arranged on a viewer side of the cover sheet to cover the transmission portion, wherein an absorption axis direction of the first polarizer and an absorption axis direction of the second polarizer are substantially perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Takada, Eiko Suefusa, Yoshitsugu Kitamura, Keisuke Kimura, Seiji Umemoto
  • Publication number: 20180292710
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal cell; a first polarizer arranged on a back surface side of the liquid crystal cell; a second polarizer arranged on a viewer side of the liquid crystal cell; a cover sheet arranged on a viewer side of the second polarizer, the cover sheet having a transmission portion at a position corresponding to a display region of the liquid crystal cell; a first optical compensation layer arranged on a viewer side of the cover sheet, the first optical compensation layer having an Re(550) of from 100 nm to 180 nm; and a third polarizer arranged on a viewer side of the first optical compensation layer, wherein an angle formed by a slow axis direction of the first optical compensation layer and an absorption axis direction of the third polarizer is from 35° to 55° or from 125° to 145°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Takada, Eiko Suefusa, Yoshitsugu Kitamura, Keisuke Kimura, Seiji Umemoto
  • Patent number: 10023123
    Abstract: Provided is an image display mirror that includes a half mirror and an image display apparatus, reduces an influence of a reflected image provided by the half mirror, and is excellent in visibility of an image displayed on the image display apparatus. The image display mirror for a vehicle includes: a circularly polarizing plate arranged attachably and removably; a half mirror; and an image display apparatus in the stated order from a viewer side. In one embodiment, attached and removed states of the circularly polarizing plate are switched when an image is displayed on the image display apparatus and when the image is not displayed thereon, and when the image is displayed, the circularly polarizing plate is arranged between the half mirror and a viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Takada, Tadayuki Kameyama, Yoshitsugu Kitamura, Keisuke Kimura, Hiroki Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 9971064
    Abstract: An optical film to be arranged on a display surface is adapted so as to allow uniform application of an interlayer filler and thus also is applicable to an image display device equipped with a front plate. Preferably, such optical film is for use in an image display device. The optical film is adapted so that a relationship of the following formula (1) is satisfied: b?0.2a+1.8??(1), where a is the viscosity (Pa·s) of an interlayer filler at the time of attaching the front plate to a surface of the optical film via the interlayer filler, and b is the atomic percentage (atm %) of silicon atoms on the surface of the optical film. The atomic percentage of oxygen atoms on the surface of the optical film is at least 26 atm %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Hashimoto, Katsunori Takada, Hiroyuki Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20180120488
    Abstract: There is provided a polarizing plate excellent in durability. A polarizing plate 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a polarizer 10; and a pair of protective films 21, 22 respectively arranged on both main surfaces of the polarizer 10, wherein the polarizing plate 100 has a polarizer void portion 30 formed by positioning of an end surface 10a of the polarizer 10 inward in a plane direction relative to each of end surfaces 21a, 22a of the protective films 21, 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Takada, Kota Nakai, Naotaka Higuchi, Keisuke Kimura, Yoshitsugu Kitamura, Hiroki Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 9874987
    Abstract: Provided are a double-sided transparent conductive film which has blocking resistance and a low reflectance, and is inhibited from scattering reflected light to exhibit good visibility; a roll thereof; and a touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Hashimoto, Katsunori Takada, Kazuhiro Ikai, Shinya Hiraoka, Hiroki Kuramoto, Naoki Tsuno, Toru Umemoto, Hiroyuki Takao
  • Patent number: 9868400
    Abstract: Provided is an image display mirror that includes a half mirror and an image display apparatus, reduces an influence of a reflected image provided by the half mirror, and is excellent in visibility of an image displayed on the image display apparatus. The image display mirror for a vehicle includes: a first polarizing plate; a first liquid crystal cell; a half mirror; and an image display apparatus in the stated order from a viewer side, in which in the first liquid crystal cell, a state in which a polarization direction of incident linearly polarized light is maintained and a state in which the incident linearly polarized light is transformed into circularly polarized light are switched in accordance with a voltage to be supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Takada, Kentarou Takeda, Tadatoshi Nakanishi, Tadayuki Kameyama, Hiroki Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20180011233
    Abstract: There is provided a polarizer excellent in durability. A polarizer according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a resin film containing boric acid, wherein the resin film has a low-concentration portion, which contains a lower concentration of the boric acid than that in any other site, formed in an end portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Takada, Kota Nakai, Naotaka Higuchi, Keisuke Kimura, Yoshitsugu Kitamura, Hiroki Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20170329050
    Abstract: There is provided an optical laminate excellent in adhesiveness between a (meth)acrylic resin film (base material film) having low moisture permeability and a UV absorbing ability and a hard coat layer, and has suppressed interference unevenness. An optical laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a base material layer formed of a (meth)acrylic resin film; a hard coat layer formed by applying a composition for forming a hard coat layer to the (meth)acrylic resin film; and a penetration layer formed through penetration of the composition for forming a hard coat layer into the (meth)acrylic resin film, the penetration layer being placed between the base material layer and the hard coat layer, wherein the penetration layer has a thickness of 1.2 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Shibata, Katsunori Takada, Hiroyuki Takemoto
  • Patent number: 9720134
    Abstract: There is provided an optical laminate excellent in adhesiveness between a (meth)acrylic resin film (base material film) having low moisture permeability and a UV absorbing ability and a hard coat layer, and has suppressed interference unevenness. An optical laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a base material layer formed of a (meth)acrylic resin film; a hard coat layer formed by applying a composition for forming a hard coat layer to the (meth)acrylic resin film; and a penetration layer formed through penetration of the composition for forming a hard coat layer into the (meth)acrylic resin film, the penetration layer being placed between the base material layer and the hard coat layer, wherein the penetration layer has a thickness of 1.2 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Shibata, Katsunori Takada, Hiroyuki Takemoto
  • Patent number: 9707897
    Abstract: An image display mirror for a vehicle includes a first polarizing plate arranged so as to be rotatable in a plane, a half mirror having a reflection axis and configured to reflect polarized light, and an image display apparatus in the stated order from a viewer side, in which: the first polarizing plate has a polarizer; a rotation of the first polarizing plate changes an angle of an absorption axis of the polarizer relative to a reflection axis of the half mirror when an image is not displayed on the image display apparatus and when the image is displayed thereon; when the image is not displayed, the absorption axis of the polarizer and the reflection axis of the half mirror are perpendicular to each other; and when the image is displayed, the absorption axis of the polarizer and the reflection axis of the half mirror are parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Takada, Tadayuki Kameyama, Yoshitsugu Kitamura, Keisuke Kimura, Hiroki Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20170123111
    Abstract: A primary object of the present invention is to provide a polarizing plate excellent in durability. A polarizing plate (100) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a polarizer (10); and a protective film (21 and 22) arranged on at least one side of the polarizer (10). The polarizing plate (100) has a dimensional change ratio of ?0.2% or more in a transmission axis direction thereof when the polarizing plate (100) cut into a size measuring 100 mm by 100 mm is bonded to a glass plate with a pressure-sensitive adhesive and the following operation is repeated 100 times: the polarizing plate (100) bonded to the glass plate is left to stand under an atmosphere at ?40° C. for 30 minutes and then left to stand under an atmosphere at 85° C. for 30 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Takada, Naotaka Higuchi, Kota Nakai, Shinobu Nagano, Eiko Suefusa, Yoshitsugu Kitamura, Keisuke Kimura
  • Publication number: 20170123125
    Abstract: There is provided a polarizer excellent in heat resistance. A polarizer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a resin film containing iodine, wherein an end portion of the resin film has formed therein a high-concentration portion having a concentration of a substance that forms a counter ion of iodine higher than that of another portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Takada, Daisuke Ogomi, Shinobu Nagano, Eiko Suefusa, Yoshitsugu Kitamura, Hiroki Kuramoto, Youichirou Sugino, Keisuke Kimura
  • Publication number: 20170123123
    Abstract: There is provided a polarizing plate excellent in durability A method of producing a polarizing plate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: preparing a polarizing film laminate including a polarizer and a protective film arranged on at least one side of the polarizer; and shrinking the polarizing film laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Takada, Shinobu Nagano, Eiko Suefusa, Yoshitsugu Kitamura, Keisuke Kimura, Hiroki Kuramoto, Youichirou Sugino
  • Publication number: 20170123266
    Abstract: There is provided a polarizing plate which is imparted durability. A polarizing plats with a pressure-sensitive adhesive, layer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a polarizing plate including a polarizer and a protective film arranged on at least one side of the polarizer; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on at least one surface of the polarizing plate, wherein in the surface of the polarizing plate where the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed, a non-contact portion that is out of contact with the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed in an end portion of the polarizing plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Takada, Kota Nakai, Naotaka Higuchi, Shinobu Nagano, Eiko Suefusa, Yoshitsugu Kitamura, Youichirou Sugino, Keisuke Kimura
  • Patent number: 9616816
    Abstract: Provided is an image display mirror that includes a half mirror and an image display apparatus, reduces an influence of a reflected image provided by the half mirror, and is excellent in visibility of an image displayed on the image display apparatus. The image display mirror for a vehicle includes a first polarizing plate that is arranged removably and attachably, a half mirror that has a reflection axis and is configured to reflect polarized light, and an image display apparatus in the stated order from a viewer side, in which: the first polarizing plate has a polarizer; and when the first polarizing plate is in an attached state, an absorption axis of the polarizer and the reflection axis of the half mirror are parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Takada, Tadayuki Kameyama, Yoshitsugu Kitamura, Keisuke Kimura, Hiroki Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 9607733
    Abstract: A double-sided transparent conductive film including a base material film, having an anti-blocking layer, an optical adjusting layer and a transparent conductive layer formed in this order on each of both sides of the base material film, wherein an anti-blocking layer containing particles is formed at least one of: a location between the base material film and one optical adjusting layer; and a location between the base material film and the other optical adjusting layer, the anti-blocking layer has a flat portion and protrusion portions caused by the particles, and a value obtained by subtracting a thickness of the flat portion of the anti-blocking layer from a mode diameter of the particles is larger than a thickness of the optical adjusting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Takada, Naoki Hashimoto, Shinya Hiraoka, Kazuhiro Ikai, Hiroki Kuramoto, Hiroyuki Takao, Naoki Tsuno, Toru Umemoto