Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Sasa

Kazuaki Sasa 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: 20220015275
    Abstract: For the purpose of providing an electromagnetic wave absorber usable for radar having a high resolution and sufficiently adaptable to a plurality of radars different in frequency, the bandwidth of a frequency band in which an electromagnetic wave absorption amount is not less than 20 dB is not less than 2 GHz, within a frequency band of 60 to 90 GHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroichi Ukei, Takehiro Ui, Kazuto Yamagata, Yuki Takeda, Hironobu Machinaga, Yuya Kitagawa, Kazuaki Sasa
  • Patent number: 11145988
    Abstract: For the purpose of providing an electromagnetic wave absorber usable for radar having a high revolution and sufficiently adaptable to a plurality of radars different in frequency, the bandwidth of a frequency band in which an electromagnetic wave absorption amount is not less than 20 dB is not less than 2 GHz, within a frequency band of 60 to 90 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroichi Ukei, Takehiro Ui, Kazuto Yamagata, Yuki Takeda, Hironobu Machinaga, Yuya Kitagawa, Kazuaki Sasa
  • Patent number: 10701848
    Abstract: For the purpose of providing an electromagnetic wave absorber capable of holding excellent performance over a long period of time, the electromagnetic wave absorber includes: a dielectric layer B including a polymer film and having a first surface and a second surface; a resistive layer A formed on the first surface of the dielectric layer Band containing indium tin oxide as a main component; and an electrically conductive layer C formed on the second surface of the dielectric layer B and having a sheet resistance lower than that of the resistive layer A, wherein the indium tin oxide in the resistive layer A contains 20 to 40 wt. % of tin oxide based on the total weight of the indium tin oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto Yamagata, Hironobu Machinaga, Takehiro Ui, Hiroichi Ukei, Yuya Kitagawa, Kazuaki Sasa
  • Publication number: 20190233939
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film includes a crystalline transparent conductive layer obtained by forming an amorphous transparent conductive layer on a polymeric film substrate by sputtering, and crystallizing the amorphous transparent conductive layer. Defining that the amorphous transparent conductive layer has a carrier density represented by na×1019 and Hall mobility represented by ?a, that the crystalline transparent conductive layer has a carrier density represented by nc×1019 and Hall mobility represented by ?c, and that a length of motion L is represented by {(nc?na)2+(?c??a)}1/2, the amorphous transparent conductive layer before the crystallizing process has a carrier density na×1019 of (10?60)×1019/cm3 and Hall mobility ?a of 10-25 cm2/V·s, and the crystalline transparent conductive layer after the crystallizing process has a carrier density nc×1019 of (80?150)×1019/cm3 and Hall mobility ?c of 20-40 cm2/V·s, and the length of motion L is 50-150.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kodai Miyamoto, Kazuaki Sasa, Hironobu Machinaga, Eri Ueda, Manami Kurose, Tomotake Nashiki
  • Patent number: 10303284
    Abstract: There is provided a transparent conductive film achieving low resistance characteristics of a transparent conductive layer. The present invention provides a transparent conductive film including: a polymer film substrate; and a transparent conductive layer formed on at least one surface of the polymer film substrate by means of a sputtering method using a sputtering gas including argon, wherein an existing atomic amount of argon atoms in the transparent conductive layer is 0.24 atomic % or less; an existing atomic amount of hydrogen atoms in the transparent conductive layer is 13×1020 atoms/cm3 or less; and the transparent conductive layer has a specific resistance of 1.1×10?4 ?·cm or more and 2.8×10?4 ?·cm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nozomi Fujino, Tomotake Nashiki, Daiki Kato, Hironobu Machinaga, Kazuaki Sasa, Eri Ueda, Tomoya Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20180332742
    Abstract: For the purpose of providing an electromagnetic wave absorber capable of holding excellent performance over a long period of time, the electromagnetic wave absorber includes: a dielectric layer B including a polymer film and having a first surface and a second surface; a resistive layer A formed on the first surface of the dielectric layer Band containing indium tin oxide as a main component; and an electrically conductive layer C formed on the second surface of the dielectric layer B and having a sheet resistance lower than that of the resistive layer A, wherein the indium tin oxide in the resistive layer A contains 20 to 40 wt. % of tin oxide based on the total weight of the indium tin oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto Yamagata, Hironobu Machinaga, Takehiro Ui, Hiroichi Ukei, Yuya Kitagawa, Kazuaki Sasa
  • Publication number: 20180319138
    Abstract: For the purpose of providing an electromagnetic wave absorber usable for radar having a high revolution and sufficiently adaptable to a plurality of radars different in frequency, the bandwidth of a frequency band in which an electromagnetic wave absorption amount is not less than 20 dB is not less than 2 GHz, within a frequency band of 60 to 90 GHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroichi Ukei, Takehiro Ui, Kazuto Yamagata, Yuki Takeda, Hironobu Machinaga, Yuya Kitagawa, Kazuaki Sasa
  • Patent number: 9805837
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film, includes: an organic polymer film substrate; at least one undercoat layer formed on the organic polymer film substrate by a dry process; and a transparent conductive coating provided on at least one surface of the organic polymer film substrate with the undercoat layer interposed therebetween, wherein the transparent conductive coating is a crystalline coating of an indium-based complex oxide having a content of a tetravalent metal element oxide of 7 to 15% by weight as calculated by the formula {(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide)/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}×100(%), the transparent conductive coating has a thickness in the range of 10 to 40 nm, and the transparent conductive coating has a specific resistance of 1.3×10?4 to 2.8×10?4 ?·cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Sasa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hironobu Machinaga
  • Patent number: 9798424
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film includes a film base, and a polycrystalline layer of indium tin oxide formed on the film base. The polycrystalline layer has a gradient of a concentration of tin oxide in a thickness direction thereof. A maximum value of the concentration of tin oxide in the thickness direction of the polycrystalline layer is 6 wt % to 12 wt %. The polycrystalline layer has a thickness of 10 nm to 35 nm. An average value of maximum sizes of crystal grains composing the polycrystalline layer is 380 nm to 730 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takeyasu, Yusuke Yamamoto, Minoru Kanatani, Kazuaki Sasa
  • Patent number: 9761345
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film, includes: an organic polymer film substrate; at least one undercoat layer formed on the organic polymer film substrate by a dry process; and a transparent conductive coating provided on at least one surface of the organic polymer film substrate with the undercoat layer interposed therebetween, wherein the transparent conductive coating is a crystalline coating of an indium-based complex oxide having a content of a tetravalent metal element oxide of 7 to 15% by weight as calculated by the formula {(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide)/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}×100(%), the transparent conductive coating has a thickness in the range of 10 to 40 nm, and the transparent conductive coating has a specific resistance of 1.3×10?4 to 2.8×10?4 ?·cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Sasa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hironobu Machinaga
  • Patent number: 9624573
    Abstract: A method for producing a transparent conductive film includes: forming a transparent conductive coating on at least one surface of an organic polymer film substrate in the presence of inert gas by RF superimposed DC sputtering deposition using an indium-based complex oxide target with a high horizontal magnetic field of 85 to 200 mT at a surface of the target in a roll-to-roll system, wherein the indium-based complex oxide target has a content of a tetravalent metal element oxide of 7 to 15% by weight as calculated by the formula {(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide)/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}×100(%), wherein the transparent conductive coating has a thickness in the range of 10 to 40 nm, and the transparent conductive coating has a specific resistance of 1.3×10?4 to 2.8×10?4 ?·cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Sasa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hironobu Machinaga
  • Publication number: 20170051398
    Abstract: There is provided a transparent conductive film achieving low resistance characteristics of a transparent conductive layer. The present invention provides a transparent conductive film including: a polymer film substrate; and a transparent conductive layer formed on at least one surface of the polymer film substrate, wherein the transparent conductive film includes an inorganic undercoat layer formed by means of a vacuum film-forming method between the polymer film substrate and the transparent conductive layer, and an existing atomic amount of carbon atoms in the transparent conductive layer is 3×1020 atoms/cm3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nozomi Fujino, Tomotake Nashiki, Daiki Kato, Hironobu Machinaga, Kazuaki Sasa, Eri Ueda, Tomoya Matsuda, Rie Kawakami
  • Patent number: 9570210
    Abstract: The transparent conductive film of the invention includes a transparent conductive coating provided on at least one surface of an organic polymer film substrate, wherein the transparent conductive coating is a crystalline coating of an indium-based complex oxide having a tetravalent metal oxide content of 7 to 15% by weight as calculated by the formula {(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide)/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}×100 (%), has a thickness of 10 to 40 nm and a specific resistance of 1.3×10?4 to 2.8×10?4 ?·cm, has main X-ray diffraction peaks corresponding to (222) and (440) planes, and has a ratio (I440/I222) of (440) peak intensity to (222) peak intensity of less than 0.2. The transparent conductive film of the invention has a crystalline thin coating with a low level of specific resistance and surface resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Sasa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hironobu Machinaga
  • Publication number: 20170038889
    Abstract: There is provided a transparent conductive film achieving low resistance characteristics of a transparent conductive layer. The present invention provides a transparent conductive film including: a polymer film substrate; and a transparent conductive layer formed on at least one surface of the polymer film substrate by means of a sputtering method using a sputtering gas including argon, wherein an existing atomic amount of argon atoms in the transparent conductive layer is 0.24 atomic % or less; an existing atomic amount of hydrogen atoms in the transparent conductive layer is 13×1020 atoms/cm3 or less; and the transparent conductive layer has a specific resistance of 1.1×10?4 ?·cm or more and 2.8×10—4 ?·cm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nozomi Fujino, Tomotake Nashiki, Daiki Kato, Hironobu Machinaga, Kazuaki Sasa, Eri Ueda, Tomoya Matsuda
  • Patent number: 9562282
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film includes a transparent conductive coating provided on at least one surface of an organic polymer film substrate, wherein the transparent conductive coating is a crystalline coating of an indium-based complex oxide having a content of a tetravalent metal element oxide of 7 to 15% by weight calculated by the formula {(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide)/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}=100(%), has a thickness in the range of more than 40 to 200 nm, a specific resistance of 1.2×10?4 to 2.0×10?4 ?·cm, main X-ray diffraction peaks corresponding to (222) and (440) planes and has a ratio (I440/I222) of (440) peak intensity (I440) to (222) peak intensity (I222) of less than 0.3, and has an internal stress of 700 MPa or less as determined by an X-ray stress measurement method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Sasa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hironobu Machinaga
  • Publication number: 20160300632
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film includes a polymeric film substrate and a transparent conductive layer on at least one of main surfaces of the polymeric film substrate. The transparent conductive layer is a crystalline transparent conductive layer comprising an indium tin composite oxide. The transparent conductive layer has a residual stress of less than or equal to 600 MPa. The transparent conductive layer has a specific resistance of 1.1×10?4 ?·cm to 3.0×10?4 ?·cm. The transparent conductive layer has a thickness of 15 nm to 40 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rie Kawakami, Tomotake Nashiki, Nozomi Fujino, Kazuaki Sasa, Hironobu Machinaga, Manami Kurose, Tomoya Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20160160345
    Abstract: Provided is a transparent conductive film that can drastically improving an electrical characteristic of a transparent conductive layer after crystallizing process with resped to the transparent conductive layer before the crystallizing process and can achieve a lower resistivity. The transparent conductive film (1) is provided with a film substrate (2) and a crystalline transparent conductive layer (3) formed on one of the main surfaces (2a) of the said substrate. The amorphous transparent conductive layer before the crystallizing process has a carrier density na×1019 of (10 to 60)×1019/cm3 and Hall mobility ?a of 10 to 25 cm2/V·s, the crystalline transparent conductive layer after the crystallizing process has a carrier density nc×1019 of (80 to 150)×1019/cm3 and Hall mobility t of 20 to 40 cm2/V·s, and the length of motion L defined by {(nc?na)2+(?c??a)2}1/2 is 50 to 150.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kodai MIYAMOTO, Kazuaki SASA, Hironobu MACHINAGA, Eri UEDA, Manami KUROSE, Tomotake NASHIKI
  • Publication number: 20160024644
    Abstract: A method for producing a transparent conductive film includes: forming a transparent conductive coating on at least one surface of an organic polymer film substrate in the presence of inert gas by RF superimposed DC sputtering deposition using an indium-based complex oxide target with a high horizontal magnetic field of 85 to 200 mT at a surface of the target in a roll-to-roll system, wherein the indium-based complex oxide target has a content of a tetravalent metal element oxide of 7 to 15% by weight as calculated by the formula {(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide)/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}×100(%), wherein the transparent conductive coating has a thickness in the range of 10 to 40 nm, and the transparent conductive coating has a specific resistance of 1.3×10?4 to 2.8×10?4 ?·cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Sasa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hironobu Machinaga
  • Publication number: 20160024640
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film includes a transparent conductive coating provided on at least one surface of an organic polymer film substrate, wherein the transparent conductive coating is a crystalline coating of an indium-based complex oxide having a content of a tetravalent metal element oxide of 7 to 15% by weight calculated by the formula {(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide)/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}=100(%), has a thickness in the range of more than 40 to 200 nm, a specific resistance of 1.2×10?4 to 2.0×10?4 ?·cm, main X-ray diffraction peaks corresponding to (222) and (440) planes and has a ratio (I440/I222) of (440) peak intensity (I440) to (222) peak intensity (I222) of less than 0.3, and has an internal stress of 700 MPa or less as determined by an X-ray stress measurement method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Sasa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hironobu Machinaga
  • Publication number: 20150357077
    Abstract: The transparent conductive film of the invention includes a transparent conductive coating provided on at least one surface of an organic polymer film substrate, wherein the transparent conductive coating is a crystalline coating of an indium-based complex oxide having a tetravalent metal oxide content of 7 to 15% by weight as calculated by the formula {(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide)/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}×100 (%), has a thickness of 10 to 40 nm and a specific resistance of 1.3×10?4 to 2.8×10?4 ?·cm, has main X-ray diffraction peaks corresponding to (222) and (440) planes, and has a ratio (I440/I222) of (440) peak intensity to (222) peak intensity of less than 0.2. The transparent conductive film of the invention has a crystalline thin coating with a low level of specific resistance and surface resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Sasa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hironobu Machinaga