Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Tanimoto

Kazuhiro Tanimoto 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: 10190924
    Abstract: A pressure-sensing device including a pressed component that has a contact surface to which pressure is applied by contact from a presser; a polymeric piezoelectric element that is disposed at an opposite side from the contact surface of the pressed component and that has a piezoelectric constant d14 of 1 pC/N or more as measured at 25° C. using a stress-charge method; a curable resin layer that includes at least one selected from the group consisting of cold-setting resins, thermosetting resins, and actinic radiation-curable resins and that is in contact with at least part of a surface of the polymeric piezoelectric element; and an electrode that is in contact with at least part of a surface of the polymeric piezoelectric element or of a surface of the curable resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Mitsunobu Yoshida, Shigeo Nishikawa, Masamichi Ando, Hidekazu Kano
  • Publication number: 20190003905
    Abstract: Provided is a piezoelectric substrate including: an elongate conductor; and an elongate first piezoelectric material helically wound in one direction around the conductor, in which the first piezoelectric material includes an optically active helical chiral polymer (A), the lengthwise direction of the first piezoelectric material and the principal orientation direction of the helical chiral polymer (A) included in the first piezoelectric material are substantially parallel to each other, and the first piezoelectric material has an orientation degree of F in a range of from 0.5 to less than 1.0, determined from X-ray diffraction measurement by the following Formula (a): orientation degree F.=(180°??)/180°??(a) (in Formula (a), ? represents a half width of a peak derived from orientation).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Katsuki ONISHI, Shigeo NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10126473
    Abstract: Provided is a display device containing a crystalline piezoelectric polymer layer having a helical chiral polymer (A) that has a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and has optical activity, an optical compensation layer satisfying the following expression (1), and a linear polarizer. In expression (1), Xc represents a degree of crystallinity (%) of the crystalline piezoelectric polymer layer obtained by a DSC method; MORc represents a standardized molecular orientation of the crystalline piezoelectric polymer layer measured by a microwave transmission molecular orientation meter when a reference thickness is 50 ?m; d represents a thickness (?m) of the crystalline piezoelectric polymer layer; and Rth represents a phase difference (nm) in a thickness direction of the optical compensation layer at a wavelength of 550 nm. |0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Mitsunobu Yoshida, Shigeo Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20180315917
    Abstract: Provided is: an elongated plate-form piezoelectric body, which contains an optically active helical chiral polymer (A) having a weight-average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and has an elongated plate shape having a thickness of from 0.001 mm to 0.2 mm, a width of from 0.1 mm to 30 mm and a width-to-thickness ratio of 2 or higher, and in which the lengthwise direction and the main orientation direction of the helical chiral polymer (A) are substantially parallel to each other; the crystallinity measured by a DSC method is from 20% to 80%; and the birefringence is from 0.01 to 0.03.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Katsuki ONISHI, Yuzo NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180269377
    Abstract: A layered body including: a crystalline polymeric piezoelectric body having a standardized molecular orientation MORc of from 2.0 to 10.0 measured by a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter based on a reference thickness of 50 ?m; and a surface layer which is disposed so that at least a part of the surface layer contacts the crystalline polymeric piezoelectric body, which has a surface resistivity of from 1×106 ?/sq to 1×1012 ?/sq, and which contains an electroconductive material (A) and a polymer (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Shigeo NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10031606
    Abstract: The invention provides a pressure detecting device containing a pressurized member having a contact surface that is subjected to pressure due to contact with a pressurizing means; and a piezoelectric member that is arranged facing the pressurized member and that includes a polymeric piezoelectric material having a piezoelectric constant d14 of 1 pm/V or more as measured by a displacement method at 25° C., and a ratio IEb/IEa between a product IEb of a cross-sectional secondary moment Ib and a Young's modulus Eb of the pressurized member, and a product IEa of a cross-sectional secondary moment Ia and a Young's modulus Ea of the piezoelectric member, is in a range of from 102 to 1010.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Yoshida, Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Shigeo Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 9966526
    Abstract: A piezoelectric device is provided that includes a polymer piezoelectric material having at least one film-like layer; a first electric conductor provided on a principal surface of the polymer piezoelectric material; a second electric conductor provided on a surface of the polymer piezoelectric material at an opposite side from the first electric conductor on the principal surface; a first end surface electric conductor provided on one end surface in a width direction of the polymer piezoelectric material and disposed so as to be conductively connected to the first electric conductor and so as not to be in contact with the second electric conductor; and a second end surface electric conductor provided on any other end surface that is not the one end surface of the polymer piezoelectric material and disposed in a defined manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignees: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Mitsunobu Yoshida, Masaki Shimizu, Shigeo Nishikawa, Yoshiro Tajitsu
  • Publication number: 20180022895
    Abstract: A polymeric piezoelectric film, including a helical chiral polymer (A) having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and optical activity, in which, in the film: a crystallinity given by a DSC method is from 20% to 80%; a standardized molecular orientation MORc is from 3.5 to 15.0 when a reference thickness measured by a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter is 50 ?m; and when a direction parallel to a phase difference streak is a direction X, a direction perpendicular to the direction X and parallel to a main plane of a film is a direction Y, and the phase difference streak is evaluated by an evaluation method A, per a length of 1,000 mm in the direction Y, a number of phase difference streaks with an evaluation value of 60 or more is 0, and a sum of the evaluation values of phase difference streaks with an evaluation value of 20 or more is 1000 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke SATO, Katsuki ONISHI, Hiroaki TSUSHIMA, Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Toshihisa KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170317268
    Abstract: A polymeric piezoelectric film including an optically active helical chiral polymer (A) having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000, wherein: a crystallinity obtained by a DSC method is from 20% to 80%; a standardized molecular orientation MORc measured by a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter based on a reference thickness of 50 ?m is from 3.5 to 15.0; and in a waveform measured with an inline film thickness meter and representing a relationship between a position in a width direction on the film and a thickness of the film, a number of peaks A is 20 or less per 1,000 mm of a film width, wherein the peaks A have a peak height of 1.5 ?m or more and a peak slope of 0.000035 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke SATO, Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Koji OTA, Katsutoshi OZAKI, Katsuki ONISHI
  • Publication number: 20170301854
    Abstract: Provided is a polymeric piezoelectric film including a helical chiral polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and having optical activity, in which a crystallinity of the film measured by a DSC method is from 20% to 80%, a product of a standardized molecular orientation MORc measured by a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter based on a reference thickness of 50 ?m and the crystallinity is from 40 to 700, and, when a refractive index in a slow axis direction in the film surface is nx, a refractive index in a fast axis direction in the film surface is ny, a refractive index in a thickness direction of the film is nz, and an Nz coefficient=(nx?nz)/(nx?ny), the Nz coefficient is from 1.108 to 1.140.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi OZAKI, Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Keisuke SATO, Masaki AMANO
  • Publication number: 20170250336
    Abstract: A polymeric piezoelectric material, comprising at least two regions: a region H, which is an oriented polymeric piezoelectric region that includes an optically active helical chiral polymer (A) having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000, the region H having a crystallinity of from 20% to 80% and having a standardized molecular orientation-of from 3.5 to 15.0; and a region L, which is a low orientation region that includes the optically active helical chiral polymer (A) having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000, the region L being present near at least part of an end portion of the region H, having an average width when viewed from a normal direction with respect to the principal plane of the region H of from 10 ?m to 300 ?m, and having a retardation is 100 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Shigeo NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170218117
    Abstract: Provided is a polymeric piezoelectric film containing an optically active helical chiral polymer (A) having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000, in which a crystallinity obtained by a DSC method is from 20% to 80%, and the product of the crystallinity and a standardized molecular orientation MORc when a reference thickness measured by a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter is set to 50 ?m is from 25 to 700, and in which a surface roughness of at least one plane in terms of a non-contact three-dimensional surface roughness Sa measured by a confocal laser microscope is from 0.040 ?m to 0.105 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Keisuke SATO, Toshihisa KITAGAWA, Katsutoshi OZAKI
  • Patent number: 9559289
    Abstract: A polymeric piezoelectric material is provided that includes an aliphatic polyester (A) with a weight-average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and having optical activity, and a stabilizing agent (B) with a weight-average molecular weight of from 200 to 60,000 having at least one kind of functional group selected from the group consisting of a carbodiimide group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, wherein the crystallinity of the material obtained by a DSC method is from 20% to 80%, a content of the stabilizing agent (B) is from 0.01 part by mass to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the aliphatic polyester (A), and internal haze with respect to visible light is 50% or less, as well as a process for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Mitsunobu Yoshida, Shigeo Nishikawa, Masaki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20160284977
    Abstract: There is provided a polymeric piezoelectric material including a helical chiral polymer (A) having a weight-average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and an optical purity of more than 97.0% ee but less than 99.8% ee as calculated by the following formula, in which a piezoelectric constant d14 measured at 25° C. by a stress-charge method is 1 pC/N or more: optical purity(% ee)=100×|L-form amount?D-form amount|/(L-form amount+D-form amount), ??Formula: [in which an amount of L-form (% by mass) and an amount of D-form of an optically active polymer (% by mass) are values obtained by a method using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)].
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Shigeo NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160238466
    Abstract: A pressure-sensing device including a pressed component that has a contact surface to which pressure is applied by contact from a presser; a polymeric piezoelectric element that is disposed at an opposite side from the contact surface of the pressed component and that has a piezoelectric constant d14 of 1 pC/N or more as measured at 25° C. using a stress-charge method; a curable resin layer that includes at least one selected from the group consisting of cold-setting resins, thermosetting resins, and actinic radiation-curable resins and that is in contact with at least part of a surface of the polymeric piezoelectric element; and an electrode that is in contact with at least part of a surface of the polymeric piezoelectric element or of a surface of the curable resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicants: MITSUI CHEMICAL, INC., Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Shigeo NISHIKAWA, Masamichi ANDO, Hidekazu KANO
  • Publication number: 20160204337
    Abstract: A layered body including a polymeric piezoelectric body which includes an optically active aliphatic polyester (A) having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and has crystallinity obtained by a DSC method, of from 20% to 80%, and a layer (X) which is in contact with the polymeric piezoelectric body and has an acid value of 10 mg KOH/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Shigeo NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160130387
    Abstract: A film having a molecular orientation; having an absolute difference ?Re between the maximum and minimum retardations Re of 100 nm or less in a case wherein the retardations Re are measured at every 0.8 mm along a measured length of 10 mm centered at the center of a principal plane of the film and at a wavelength of 550 nm; and having an average Re (ave) of the retardations Re in a range of from 700 nm to 900 nm or in a range of from 1250 nm to 1450 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS., INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke SATO, Kazuhiro TANIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160099403
    Abstract: A layered body including a crystalline polymeric piezoelectric body, which is molecularly oriented, and a surface layer, in which the relationship between the tensile modulus Ec (GPa) and the thickness d (?m) satisfies the following Formula (A): 0.6?Ec/d ??Formula (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Yohsuke ASANO, Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Shigeo NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160092016
    Abstract: The invention provides a pressure detecting device containing a pressurized member having a contact surface that is subjected to pressure due to contact with a pressurizing means; and a piezoelectric member that is arranged facing the pressurized member and that includes a polymeric piezoelectric material having a piezoelectric constant d14 of 1 pm/V or more as measured by a displacement method at 25° C., and a ratio IEb/IEa between a product IEb of a cross-sectional secondary moment Ib and a Young's modulus Eb of the pressurized member, and a product IEa of a cross-sectional secondary moment Ia and a Young's modulus Ea of the piezoelectric member, is in a range of from 102 to 1010.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicants: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Shigeo NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160077649
    Abstract: An electronic device with pressing input function has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped-shaped housing. A display panel with pressure sensor and an arithmetic circuit module are disposed in the housing. The display panel with pressure sensor is composed of a pressure sensor and a display panel. In the display panel, a front polarizing plate is disposed on a front face of a liquid crystal panel. In the pressure sensor, electrodes are formed on both respective flat plate faces of a piezoelectric film having birefringence. The pressure sensor is disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the front polarizing plate of the display panel, and a uniaxial drawing direction of the piezoelectric film is parallel to a polarizing direction of the front polarizing plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: MASAMICHI ANDO, Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Mitsunobu Yoshida, Shigeo Nishikawa