Patents by Inventor Kazuhito Kobayashi

Kazuhito Kobayashi 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: 20200161352
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a pixel array unit including a plurality of pixel groups, each of the plurality of pixel groups being one of i) a normal pixel group including only normal pixels, or ii) a mixed pixel group including at least one normal pixel and at least one phase difference detection pixel, wherein the pixel array unit comprises at least one normal pixel group and at least one mixed pixel group. For each normal pixel group, the normal pixels receive light transmitted through a same colored color filter. For each mixed pixel group, the at least one phase difference detection pixel shares an on-chip lens with at least one other phase difference detection pixel and receives light transmitted through a same colored color filter as the at least one other phase difference detection pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichiro TAKAHASHI, Kazuhito KOBAYASHI, Katsumi NISHIKORI, Shoyu TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20200124772
    Abstract: An optical laminated member having an antiglare hard coat layer and a clear hard coat layer sequentially laminated on at least one side of a transparent polymer substrate, the antiglare hard coat layer being a cured layer of a coating composition for forming an antiglare layer and having continuous random irregularities on its surface, and a ten-point average roughness RzJIS of a surface of the antiglare hard coat layer is 0.1 to 2 ?m, the clear hard coat layer is a cured layer of a clear hard coating composition, the clear hard coat layer is laminated on a part of the antiglare hard coat layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yusuke NAKATA, Takeki HOSOKAWA, Kazuhito KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10343306
    Abstract: An organic material removing device includes: a container for storing a composite material containing an inorganic material and an organic material decomposable by a treatment liquid; a treatment tank including an accommodation portion for accommodating the container, a treatment liquid inflow portion for allowing the treatment liquid to flow in, and a treatment liquid outflow portion for allowing the treatment liquid to flow out; temperature control means for heating or cooling the treatment liquid; and a treatment liquid circulation means for allowing the treatment liquid to flow in from the treatment liquid inflow portion into the treatment tank and allowing the treatment liquid in the treatment tank to flow out from the treatment liquid outflow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Kasuga, Shinichi Kawasumi, Kazuhito Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190023868
    Abstract: A method of treating a thermosetting resin cured product, the method includes a treatment step of contacting an object to be treated, that contains a thermosetting resin cured product, with a treatment liquid containing an alkali metal hydroxide and an alcohol solvent, to decompose and dissolve the thermosetting resin cured product, in which moisture in the treatment liquid is removed during at least a part of a period of time from after preparation of the treatment liquid to completion of the treatment step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Shunsuke UEDA, Kanako ISHIHARA, Keiichi KASUGA, Ken ORIE, Kazuhito KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180370077
    Abstract: An organic material removing device includes: a container for storing a composite material containing an inorganic material and an organic material decomposable by a treatment liquid; a treatment tank including an accommodation portion for accommodating the container, a treatment liquid inflow portion for allowing the treatment liquid to flow in, and a treatment liquid outflow portion for allowing the treatment liquid to flow out; temperature control means for heating or cooling the treatment liquid; and a treatment liquid circulation means for allowing the treatment liquid to flow in from the treatment liquid inflow portion into the treatment tank and allowing the treatment liquid in the treatment tank to flow out from the treatment liquid outflow portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Keiichi KASUGA, Shinichi KAWASUMI, Kazuhito KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180371205
    Abstract: An organic material removing method includes a removing step of circulating a heated treatment liquid, in a unidirectional flow, to a plate-shaped composite material containing an inorganic material and an organic material decomposable by the treatment liquid, thereby contacting the heated treatment liquid, in a unidirectional flow, with the plate-shaped composite material to remove the organic material, wherein the composite material is arranged such that the treatment liquid comes into contact with at least a part of a plate surface of the composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Keiichi KASUGA, Shinichi KAWASUMI, Kazuhito KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180371204
    Abstract: A method of separating an inorganic material, the method comprising in the following order: a contact process of contacting a processing solution with a composite material, the composite material including a first organic substance that is decomposable by the processing solution, a second organic substance that is not decomposable by the processing solution, and an inorganic material; a separation process of separating the processing solution including a decomposition product of the first organic substance, from a recovered product including the inorganic material and the second organic substance; and a thermal treatment process of subjecting the recovered product to a thermal treatment at a temperature that is equal to or greater than a temperature at which the second organic substance is eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Akira SHIMIZU, Kazuhito KOBAYASHI, Kouichi AOYAGI
  • Publication number: 20180370076
    Abstract: A method of separating an inorganic material, the method comprising in the following order: a contact process of contacting a processing solution with a composite material, the composite material including a first organic substance that is decomposable by the processing solution, a second organic substance that is not decomposable by the processing solution, and an inorganic material; and a separation process of separating the inorganic material from the processing solution including a decomposition product of the first organic substance and the second organic substance, the contact process and the separation process including adjusting the processing solution to have a temperature that is equal to or greater than a softening point of the second organic substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Akira SHIMIZU, Kazuhito KOBAYASHI, Kouichi AOYAGI
  • Publication number: 20180371203
    Abstract: A method of recovering a decomposition product of a thermosetting resin cured product, the method includes a step of contacting an object to be treated, that contains a thermosetting resin cured product, with a treatment liquid containing an alkali metal compound and an alcohol solvent, to decompose and dissolve the thermosetting resin cured product; a step of mixing the treatment liquid, in which a decomposition product of the thermosetting resin cured product is dissolved, and an acidic aqueous solution to separate the mixture into an aqueous layer and an organic layer containing the decomposition product; and a step of recovering the organic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Kanako ISHIHARA, Kazuhito KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10088961
    Abstract: The present invention is an electroconductive laminate characterized in that the hard coat layer is formed from a hard coating composition which contains (A) a phenolic novolac acrylate having two or more acrylate groups, (B) a bisphenol structure-containing diacrylate having 2 to 4 moles of alkylene oxide structure with two or three carbon atoms in each molecule, (C) a polyfunctional acrylate having three or more acrylate groups, and (D) a polyfunctional urethane acrylate having three or more acrylate groups and an ester structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignees: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD., TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Koichi Imamura, Atsushi Sasaki, Kazuhito Kobayashi, Yusuke Nakata
  • Patent number: 9938426
    Abstract: To provide a hard coating composition which forms a hard coat layer that has high visibility and good hardness, while having stretchability. To provide a technique which is capable of effectively preventing blocking phenomenon in a layered product such as a resin film without adversely affecting the visibility. The present invention provides a hard coating composition which contains (A) a phenolic novolac acrylate that has two or more acrylate groups and (B) an aromatic group-containing mono or poly(meth)acrylate compound that contains 1-2 mol of an alkylene oxide structure having two or three carbon atoms in each molecule. This hard coating composition contains 60-85 parts by mass of the phenolic novolac acrylate (A) and 15-30 parts by mass of the (meth)acrylate (B) per 100 parts by mass of the resin component contained in the hard coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: TEIJIN LIMITED, NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Kobayashi, Yusuke Nakata, Koichi Imamura, Ryuhei Kanzaki, Yohei Okada
  • Patent number: 9886110
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a transparent electroconductive laminate having extremely high visibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Koichi Imamura, Ryuhei Kanzaki, Atsushi Sasaki, Yohei Okada, Kazuhito Kobayashi, Yusuke Nakata
  • Patent number: 9639227
    Abstract: The electroconductive laminate according to the present invention is obtained by laminating a hard coat layer and an electrically conducting layer on at least one surface of a polycarbonate base. This electroconductive laminate is characterized in that the hard coat layer is formed from a hard coating composition which contains (A) a phenolic novolac acrylate having two or more acrylate groups, (B) an orthophenyl phenol acrylate containing 1-2 mol of an ethylene oxide structure in each molecule and (C) a bisphenol skeleton-containing diacrylate containing 2-4 mol of an alkylene oxide structure having two or three carbon atoms in each molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: NIPPON AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD., TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuhito Kobayashi, Yusuke Nakata, Koichi Imamura, Atsushi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20160239122
    Abstract: The present invention is an electroconductive laminate characterized in that the hard coat layer is formed from a hard coating composition which contains (A) a phenolic novolac acrylate having two or more acrylate groups, (B) a bisphenol structure-containing diacrylate having 2 to 4 moles of alkylene oxide structure with two or three carbon atoms in each molecule, (C) a polyfunctional acrylate having three or more acrylate groups, and (D) a polyfunctional urethane acrylate having three or more acrylate groups and an ester structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicants: TEIJIN LIMITED, NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Koichi IMAMURA, Atsushi SASAKI, Kazuhito KOBAYASHI, Yusuke NAKATA
  • Publication number: 20160216804
    Abstract: The electroconductive laminate according to the present invention is obtained by laminating a hard coat layer and an electrically conducting layer on at least one surface of a polycarbonate base. This electroconductive laminate is characterized in that the hard coat layer is formed from a hard coating composition which contains (A) a phenolic novolac acrylate having two or more acrylate groups, (B) an orthophenyl phenol acrylate containing 1-2 mol of an ethylene oxide structure in each molecule and (C) a bisphenol skeleton-containing diacrylate containing 2-4 mol of an alkylene oxide structure having two or three carbon atoms in each molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicants: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD., TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuhito KOBAYASHI, Yusuke NAKATA, Koichi IMAMURA, Atsushi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20150097521
    Abstract: Provided are an antenna sheet for a non-contact charging device and a charging device using the antenna sheet. The antenna sheet is configured to allow for a high degree of freedom in respect of arrangement of a transmitting side and a receiving side during power charging. The antenna sheet is an antenna sheet for a non-contact charging device, and is usable as a transmitting-side resonator for a transmitting-side device or a receiving-side resonator for a receiving-side device. The antenna sheet comprises: a substrate; and a coil-shaped antenna formed on the substrate, wherein the coil-shaped antenna is configured to function as a pickup coil operable to resonate at a resonant frequency f, when a resonance capacitor is set to have a capacitance C. The resonant frequency (f) is 13.56 MHz, the transmitting-side resonator comprises a resonance capacitor having a capacitance of 1 to 5 pF, and the receiving-side resonator comprises a resonance capacitor having a capacitance of 70 to 100 pF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Endou, Kazuhito Kobayashi, Masahiko Oota
  • Publication number: 20150055033
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a transparent electroconductive laminate having extremely high visibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Teijin Limited,
    Inventors: Koichi Imamura, Ryuhei Kanzaki, Atsushi Sasaki, Yohei Okada, Kazuhito Kobayashi, Yusuke Nakata
  • Publication number: 20150049261
    Abstract: To provide a hard coating composition which forms a hard coat layer that has high visibility and good hardness, while having stretchability. To provide a technique which is capable of effectively preventing blocking phenomenon in a layered product such as a resin film without adversely affecting the visibility. The present invention provides a hard coating composition which contains (A) a phenolic novolac acrylate that has two or more acrylate groups and (B) an aromatic group-containing mono or poly(meth)acrylate compound that contains 1-2 mol of an alkylene oxide structure having two or three carbon atoms in each molecule. This hard coating composition contains 60-85 parts by mass of the phenolic novolac acrylate (A) and 15-30 parts by mass of the (meth)acrylate (B) per 100 parts by mass of the resin component contained in the hard coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuhito Kobayashi, Yusuke Nakata, Koichi Imamura, Ryuhei Kanzaki, Yohei Okada
  • Publication number: 20140205785
    Abstract: Provided is an injection-molded article with excellent external appearance, low warping, heat resistance, and durability to heating and cooling. An injection-molded article for which (1) deflection temperature under load according to ISO 75-1 is 165-220° C., (2) surface gloss at 45° by the JIS Z8741 testing method is 95-110, (3) the flatness of flat plates of 120 mm length, 120 mm width and 2 mm thickness with JIS B0021 is 0-2 mm, (4) after tensile property evaluation test pieces molded according to ISO 3167 were heat-treated for ten days in a 150° C. hot air oven and then treated for 24 hours at 23° C. and 50% RH, stretch at break measured according to ISO 524-1, 2 is 1.5% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: WINTECH POLYMER LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Goshima, Kazuhito Kobayashi, Kumiko Doi
  • Patent number: 8512847
    Abstract: This invention aims to provide a transparent conductive laminate excellent in sliding durability, edge-writing durability, finger writing durability and light resistance and suitable as a movable electrode substrate for a touch panel. Further, it aims to provide a touch panel using the above transparent conductive laminate. This invention is a transparent conductive laminate that is a laminate formed by laminating a polymer film, a cured resin layer-1 and a transparent conductive layer in this order, the cured resin layer-1 having concavoconvex shapes formed by phase separation of two components and containing no fine particles that impart concavoconvex shapes, and the cured resin layer-1 having an arithmetic average roughness (Ra), measured according to JIS B0601-1994, of 0.05 ?m or more but less than 0.5 ?m and a ten-point average roughness (Rz), measured according to JIS B0601-1982, of 0.5 ?m or more but less than 2.0 ?m, and a touch panel using the transparent conductive laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Haruhiko Ito, Koichi Ueda, Kazuhito Kobayashi, Hidefumi Kusuda