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).

  • Publication number: 20150362647
    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: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicants: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Shigeo NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150337113
    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: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Shigeo NISHIKAWA, Masaki SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9184372
    Abstract: A piezoelectric polymer material comprising a helical chiral polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and optical activity, the piezoelectric polymer material having: crystallinity as obtained by a DSC method of from 40% to 80%; a transmission haze with respect to visible light of 50% or less; and a product of the crystallinity and a standardized molecular orientation MORc, which is measured with a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter at a reference thickness of 50 ?m, of from 40 to 700.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignees: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., A SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Yoshida, Shunsuke Fujii, Hitoshi Onishi, Yoshiro Tajitsu, Taizo Nishimoto, Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Kenichi Goto
  • Patent number: 9136461
    Abstract: A polymeric piezoelectric material having 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%, and 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), as well as a process for producing the same, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Mitsunobu Yoshida, Shigeo Nishikawa, Masaki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20150155474
    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: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Mitsunobu Yoshida, Masaki Shimizu, Shigeo Nishikawa, Yoshiro Yoshiro
  • Publication number: 20140339724
    Abstract: A piezoelectric polymer material comprising a helical chiral polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and optical activity, the piezoelectric polymer material having: crystallinity as obtained by a DSC method of from 40% to 80%; a transmission haze with respect to visible light of 50% or less; and a product of the crystallinity and a standardized molecular orientation MORc, which is measured with a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter at a reference thickness of 50 ?m, of from 40 to 700.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicants: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., A school Corporation Kansai University
    Inventors: Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Shunsuke FUJII, Hitoshi ONISHI, Yoshiro TAJITSU, Taizo NISHIMOTO, Kazuhiro TANIMOTO, Kenichi GOTO
  • Patent number: 8829121
    Abstract: The invention provides a piezoelectric polymer material comprising a helical chiral polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and optical activity, the piezoelectric polymer material having: crystallinity as obtained by a DSC method of from 20% to 80%; a transmission haze with respect to visible light of 50% or less; and a product of the crystallinity and a standardized molecular orientation MORc, which is measured with a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter at a reference thickness of 50 ?m, of from 40 to 700.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignees: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., A School Corporation Kansai University
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Yoshida, Shunsuke Fujii, Hitoshi Onishi, Yoshiro Tajitsu, Taizo Nishimoto, Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Kenichi Goto
  • Publication number: 20140084204
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polymeric piezoelectric material comprising 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%, and 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), as well as a process for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Mitsunobu Yoshida, Shigeo Nishikawa, Masaki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20120132846
    Abstract: The invention provides a piezoelectric polymer material comprising a helical chiral polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and optical activity, the piezoelectric polymer material having: crystallinity as obtained by a DSC method of from 20% to 80%; a transmission haze with respect to visible light of 50% or less; and a product of the crystallinity and a standardized molecular orientation MORc, which is measured with a microwave transmission-type molecular orientation meter at a reference thickness of 50 ?m, of from 40 to 700.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicants: A school Corporation Kansai University, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Shunsuke Fujii, Hitoshi Onishi, Yoshiro Tajitsu, Taizo Nishimoto, Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Kenichi Goto