Patents by Inventor Katsuya Kume

Katsuya Kume 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: 20050159070
    Abstract: The invention provides a laminate sheet used for forming a dielectric layer and a rib simultaneously and integrally. The invention also provides a method of producing a back substrate for plasma display panel, which is excellent in the efficiency of production by reducing the production process significantly by using the laminate sheet. The laminate sheet of the invention is used for integrally forming a dielectric layer and a rib on a glass substrate having electrodes, which comprises a barrier layer laminated on a glass resin composition layer containing inorganic powder and a binder resin, an inorganic powder-containing viscoelastic layer laminated on the barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Tomohide Banba, Katsuya Kume, Makoto Kai, Masahiko Ando, Yasushi Buzoujima, Itsuhiro Hatanaka
  • Publication number: 20030194523
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive identification label which involves little outgassing from a volatile silicone component, exhibits antistatic properties and is useful for application to a hard disk drive and its components comprises a substrate having a printable surface on one side thereof, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on the other side of the substrate, and an electrically conductive layer provided between the printable surface and the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and has a volatile silicone component outgas level of 5 ng/cm2 or less, with the conductive layer being at least one layer selected from an interlayer of the substrate, an interlayer of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a layer between the substrate and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and being preferably substantially free from a halogen compound and/or a tin compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya Kume, Katsuyuki Okazaki, Tsuneyuki Amano
  • Publication number: 20030082413
    Abstract: A laser beam writing material having: silicon dioxide; and a titanium-containing compound fixed with the silicon dioxide and capable of being changed in color by irradiation with a laser beam; wherein when a color-changed portion in the laser beam writing material is formed by irradiation with the laser beam and exposed to the air at 600° C. for 30 minutes, contrast between the color-changed portion and a color-unchanged portion in the laser beam writing material is not lower than 0.60; a material for forming the laser beam writing material, having a mixture at least including the titanium-containing compound and an MQ resin; and a display body having a color-changed portion formed by irradiation with the laser beam in the laser beam writing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya Kume, Katsuyuki Okazaki, Makoto Kai
  • Publication number: 20020155259
    Abstract: A baking sheet, a baking printed sheet and a burned sheet obtained by the baking printed sheet are disclosed. The baking sheet comprises a printing sheet comprising an ink receiving layer in a sheet form, said ink receiving layer comprising a mixture of an inorganic powder and a silicon-containing binder and being located on a surface of the printing sheet, wherein said silicon-containing binder comprises trimethylsiloxysilicic acid or a polymer comprising monofunctional M units represented by the formula R3SiO— wherein R represents a compound group, and quadrifunctional Q units represented by the formula Si(O—)4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya Kume, Katsuyuki Okazaki, Makoto Kai
  • Patent number: 6440553
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, wherein the storage elastic modulus [G′] at room temperature is at least 2×106 dyne/cm2 and the adhesive strength at room temperature is 1 kg/20 mm width or higher. Preferably, a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising a polymer having a polycarbonate structure having a repeating unit represented by the following formula wherein R represents a straight chain or branched hydrocarbon group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, a sealing material, a reinforcing sheet, and a pressure-sensitive sheet for printing, each having the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Masahiko Ando, Takeshi Yamanaka, Waka Hikosaka, Makoto Kojima, Shin-ichi Kouno, Hiroaki Mashiko, Hiroshi Wada, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Soeda, Naoki Matsuoka, Katsuya Kume, Mitsuo Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 6416845
    Abstract: A printing sheet is disclosed from which burned sheets, such as, e.g., a management label effectively utilizable from the production of Braun tubes to the salvage thereof, which are excellent in chemical resistance, heat resistance, weatherability, hiding power or reflectance, etc., can be formed while satisfying advantages such as the bondability to curved surfaces which enables the printing sheet, after having been printed according to circumstances to impart information thereto, to be tightly bonded to adherends with heating, the suitability for expedient printed-sheet formation in which a variety of printed sheets necessary for the production of small quantities of many kinds of products can be formed therefrom in situ, etc. according to circumstances, and the ability to be easily and tightly bonded to adherends. The printing sheet (1) comprises a sheet made of a mixture comprising inorganic particles, an MQ resin, and a silicone rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya Kume, Katsuyuki Okazaki
  • Patent number: 6410097
    Abstract: A process which is for efficiently producing a silicone-based printing sheet and capable of forming an ink-receiving layer which is excellent in the fixability of a thermal transfer ink thereto and can be peeled off easily. The process comprises spreading a coating liquid containing at least a cellulosic polymer and a silicone resin as components on a carrier film wherein at least a surface layer on the side to be coated with the coating liquid is made of poly(vinylidene fluoride), and drying the coating to form an ink-receiving layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya Kume, Katsuyuki Okazaki
  • Patent number: 6357941
    Abstract: A method is described for preparing labels from blank stock material comprising printing on demand label information onto a substrate which has a pressure sensitive layer on one surface having relatively low adhesion to the opposite surface of the substrate to be printed and which has been rolled so that the adhesive layer adheres to the surface of the substrate to be printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuneyuki Amano, Naohiro Shirahama, Katsuya Kume, Itsuroh Takenoshita
  • Publication number: 20010021451
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, wherein the storage elastic modulus [G′] at room temperature is at least 2×106 dyne/cm2 and the adhesive strength at room temperature is 1 kg/20 mm width or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Masahiko Ando, Takeshi Yamanaka, Waka Hikosaka, Makoto Kojima, Shin-Ichi Kouno, Hiroaki Mashiko, Hiroshi Wada, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Soeda, Naoki Matsuoka, Katsuya Kume, Mitsuo Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 6284369
    Abstract: A sheet for forming a burned pattern is provided which comprises a ceramic green sheet layer (1) to be burned and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (2), wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprises either a single layer decomposable at low temperature and leaving a decreased amount of carbonaceous residues after burning or a laminated layer comprising at least two layers of an inner pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (21) which is the low-temperature-decomposable layer and an outer pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (22) having resistance to water washing. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the sheet for forming a burned pattern shows excellent provisional adhesion to adherends before burning. In particular, the outer pressure-sensitive adhesive layer shows such adhesive strength that the sheet is prevented from peeling off upon water washing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya Kume, Yutaka Tosaki, Hidetoshi Itou, Katsuyuki Okazaki, Mitsuo Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 6280827
    Abstract: A sheet for printing, which comprises an ink-receiving layer comprising a fluoropolymer film, optionally having property to absorb or scatter ultraviolet rays; an ink comprising a fluoropolymer and a colorant; and a printed sheet comprising the sheet for printing and information comprising the ink formed on the ink-receiving layer of the sheet by thermal transfer printing. With the sheet for printing and the ink, it is possible to form a printed sheet having so high weatherability that the ink information, even upon outdoor weathering, does not disappear and retains satisfactory readability over long period of time without the necessity of forming a coating layer thereon, by imparting ink information in situ, etc. by thermal transfer printing according to circumstances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya Kume, Katsuyuki Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20010009696
    Abstract: A process which is for efficiently producing a silicone-based printing sheet and capable of forming an ink-receiving layer which is excellent in the fixability of a thermal transfer ink thereto and can be peeled off easily. The process comprises spreading a coating liquid containing at least a cellulosic polymer and a silicone resin as components on a carrier film wherein at least a surface layer on the side to be coated with the coating liquid is made of poly(vinylidene fluoride), and drying the coating to form an ink-receiving layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Inventors: Katsuya Kume, Katsuyuki Okazaki
  • Patent number: 6218006
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, wherein the storage elastic modulus [G′] at room temperature is at least 2×106 dyne/cm2 and the adhesive strength at room temperature is 1 kg/20 mm width or higher. Preferably, a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising a polymer having a polycarbonate structure having a repeating unit represented by the following formula wherein R represents a straight chain or branched hydrocarbon group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, a sealing material, a reinforcing sheet, and a pressure-sensitive sheet for printing, each having the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tokunaga, Masahiko Ando, Takeshi Yamanaka, Waka Hikosaka, Makoto Kojima, Shin-ichi Kouno, Hiroaki Mashiko, Hiroshi Wada, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Soeda, Naoki Matsuoka, Katsuya Kume, Mitsuo Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 6152374
    Abstract: A method of renting fabric articles comprising sticking a bar code-printed sheet onto the fabric articles and repeatedly renting and washing the fabric articles under the management with the use of the bar codes, by which the bar codes can be read even after washing the fabric articles 100 times and thus the rental business can be smoothly performed. The method of renting fabric articles comprises sticking a data code-printed sheet onto the fabric articles and repeatedly renting and washing the fabric articles under the management with the use of the data codes, characterized in that the data code-printed sheets are those wherein the data code (2) is printed on an ink-receiver layer (1) which is a porous layer made of an ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene having a viscosity-average molecular weight of from 500,000 to 10,000,000 and having an average surface roughness Ra of 5 .mu.m or less and a degree of shrinkage under contact with air or in an aqueous alkali solution of pH 10 to 11 of 5% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Moriyama, Toshimitsu Tachibana, Katsuya Kume, Hidetoshi Itou
  • Patent number: 6090483
    Abstract: Disclosed are (1) an adhesive sheet for printing comprising a layer to be printed having no release coat, and at least an adhesive layer having an adhesive strength of 1 to 5000 gf/50 mm to the layer to be printed, and (2) a label having a heat transfer pattern comprising a heat fixing ink comprising a polyolefin and a colorant on the layer to be printed of the adhesive sheet for printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya Kume, Hidetoshi Itou, Katsuyuki Okazaki, Mitsuo Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 6022907
    Abstract: Novel urethane prepolymers which can be applied onto substrates without using any solvent, processes for producing the same, and pressure-sensitive adhesives using the prepolymers, which are excellent in adhesive strength, holding power and low temperature properties are provided. The urethane prepolymer is represented by the following formula [I] or [II]:d-c-(a-c).sub.k -e [I]ord-c-(a-c).sub.n -(b-c).sub.m -(a-c).sub.1 -e [II]wherein k is from 4 to 100; n and 1 each are from 2 to 50; m is from 1 to 50; a represents a polyester group having a number average molecular weight of 1.times.10.sup.3 to 5.times.10.sup.3 ; b represents a divalent group; c represents an organic isocyanate group; d represents a monool having functional groups; and e is a monool, which is the same as or different from d, having a number average molecular weight of 5.times.10.sup.3 to 5.times.10.sup.5. Such an urethane prepolymer is crosslinked to increase its molecular weight, thereby providing a pressure-sensitive adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignees: Kyoeisha Chemical Co., Ltd., Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Ikeda, Katsuya Kume
  • Patent number: 5780142
    Abstract: A pattern-forming sheet or label which is so flexible as to be expediently patterned, can provide a heat resistant or chemical resistant pattern to a product to be labeled, and can be subjected to high temperature atmosphere without burning treatment is provided, comprising a bonded laminate of a base layer obtained by shaping a low-melting glass powder into a sheet with a low-temperature decomposable acrylic polymer, and an ink-receptive layer made of a silicone resin layer containing an inorganic powder. Further, a novel label is provided, having a transfer pattern made of an ink containing an inorganic colorant formed on the ink-receptive layer of the pattern-forming sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya Kume, Itsuroh Takenoshita, Katsuyuki Okazaki, Mitsuo Kuramoto, Kihachi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5578365
    Abstract: A label substrate comprising an inorganic powder shaped in a sheet form with a silicone resin, an ink comprising a coloring agent and a silicone resin, and a label comprising the label substrate having formed thereon a pattern comprising the ink, are disclosed. The label is flexible, can form a pattern according to circumstances, and can fix onto an article by a low-temperature heating, a pattern having excellent opacifying strength or reflectivity, weather resistance, heat resistance, resistance to chemicals, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya Kume, Yozo Oishi, Mitsuo Kuramoto, Itsuroh Takenoshita
  • Patent number: 5480700
    Abstract: A label, and a label sheet and an ink used for the label are disclosed. The label comprises a label sheet comprising an ink-receiving layer comprising a polyolefin having a viscosity average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 6,000,000 as a film-forming component, and heat-transferred patterns comprising an ink comprising a polyolefin having a viscosity average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 300,000 and a coloring agent, formed on the ink-receiving layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya Kume, Yozo Oishi, Mitsuo Kuramoto, Itsuroh Takenoshita