Patents by Inventor Kenichi Shibata

Kenichi Shibata 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: 20070134475
    Abstract: A substrate of the surface protective film giving a film attached to the surface of a building material, a painted steel sheet, etc. for the purpose of prevention of damage easy applicability and easy removability and a surface protective film using the same, that is, a substrate of the surface protective film comprised of at least two film layers with different physical properties, wherein an outermost film layer forming an outermost surface corresponding to another surface facing one surface of the substrate exhibits a tensile modulus of elasticity based on JIS-K-7127 (2000) lower than a tensile modulus of elasticity of the substrate as a whole and a surface protective film comprised of such a substrate of the surface protective film on one surface of which an adhesive layer is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicants: FUTAMURA KAGAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yuruzume, Yuki Saito, Kenichi Shibata
  • Patent number: 6959801
    Abstract: A conveyance apparatus of the present invention includes, on top of a movable body capable of moving along a fixed path, attachable and detachable supporting members capable of supporting a conveyance object prior to processing, and a fixed supporting member capable of supporting the conveyance object after processing in a state where the attachable and detachable supporting members have been detached, and the movable body includes accommodating sections capable of accommodating the attachable and detachable supporting members which has been detached. The conveyance object prior to assembly processing can be conveyed while it is supported by the attachable and detachable supporting members, by using the movable body (common element). In addition, the conveyance object after assembly can be conveyed while it is supported by the fixed supporting member, by detaching the attachable and detachable supporting members and accommodating the same in the accommodating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Shibata, Tomoki Sawada, Toshio Nii, Noboru Shimomura, Yasuhiro Miyake
  • Patent number: 6869678
    Abstract: A removable pressure-sensitive adhesive which, even when applied to metal sheets or to metallic members which have undergone a coating treatment, is inhibited from increasing in adhesive force with the lapse of time and can be easily removed therefrom and which has satisfactory weatherability and satisfactory pot life contains 100 parts by weight on a solid basis of an aqueous dispersion type acrylic copolymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture in an aqueous medium in the presence of a nonionic surfactant and/or an anionic surfactant each having an ethylenic double bond and 0.1 to 3 parts by weight of a hindered-amine light stabilizer having a piperidine ring in which the nitrogen atom has a tertiary amine structure; and an adhesive sheet is produced with the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamanaka, Shinetsu Itou, Kenichi Shibata, Takeshi Suto, Isamu Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 6844112
    Abstract: Sheets for protecting paint films of automobiles which can adhere with no wrinkle to paint films of automobiles and cover the same, even in curved surface portions, at a high reliability while achieving excellent protection function to colliding matters, etc. (i.e., the inherent function of protecting sheets) and being easily peeled and removed after completion of the aimed protection, thus preventing the permeation of rainwater, etc. and protecting the paint films of automobiles from being damaged by denaturation, etc. Such a sheet for protecting paint films of automobiles comprises a support (1) comprising a polymer film (12) having a nonwoven fabric (11) laminated on one or both surfaces thereof, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (2) formed on one surface of the polymer film, wherein the non-woven fabric has a basic weight of 5 to 100 g/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignees: Nitto Denko Corporation, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Inoue, Keiji Hayashi, Kenji Sano, Akira Wakabayashi, Kenichi Shibata, Shuuji Sugimoto, Komaharu Matsui, Takeshi Eda, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20040247091
    Abstract: The invention includes a first memory capable for storing a telephone number attached with a predetermined number, a second memory for storing the predetermined number, an interface for connecting the telephone apparatus with the telephone line through a PBX, a control portion for controlling a whole other portions, a comparing portion for comparing the predetermined number in the first memory which is selected as a destination for an E-mail and the predetermined number in the second memory, a deleting portion for delete the attached predetermined number from the telephone number as the destination for the E-mail when the comparing portion determines the predetermined number in the first memory which is selected as the destination for the E-mail corresponds to the predetermined number in the second memory and a mail-sending portion for sending an E-mail together with the telephone number as the destination to the E-mail server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20040235537
    Abstract: The invention reduces the power consumption of a handset in the no service area and automatically returns the handset to regular operation in case the radio communications apparatus is being recharged, thereby preventing the handset from being left inactive. The inventive handset comprises a no service area detector which detects that the handset has moved outside the coverage of the base unit, and automatically makes a transition to the power saving mode where the base unit is not searched for in case the handset has moved outside the coverage of the base unit. When it is determined that the handset is being recharged in the power saving mode, the handset switches to the regular mode. In case the handset is powered off when the charging determination unit has determined that charging is under way, the handset automatically performs power-on processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuji Koga, Kenichi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20040229066
    Abstract: A plastic film comprises a substrate and a hard coating layer formed on at least one side of the substrate, wherein the hard coating layer has a crosslinked structure comprising a methacrylic or acrylic polymer with a hydroxyl value of 20 to 80 (KOH mg/g) and a crosslinking agent. Such a plastic film or an adhesive tape formed thereof can have significantly improved resistance to solvents with no reduced abrasion or weather resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Shinsuke Ikishima, Shigeki Ishiguro, Kenichi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20040206605
    Abstract: A conveyance apparatus of the present invention includes, on top of a movable body capable of moving along a fixed path, attachable and detachable supporting members capable of supporting a conveyance object prior to processing, and a fixed supporting member capable of supporting the conveyance object after processing in a state where the attachable and detachable supporting members have been detached, and the movable body includes accommodating sections capable of accommodating the attachable and detachable supporting members which has been detached. The conveyance object prior to assembly processing can be conveyed while it is supported by the attachable and detachable supporting members, by using the movable body (common element). In addition, the conveyance object after assembly can be conveyed while it is supported by the fixed supporting member, by detaching the attachable and detachable supporting members and accommodating the same in the accommodating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Kenichi Shibata, Tomoki Sawada, Toshio Nii, Noboru Shimomura, Yasuhiro Miyake
  • Publication number: 20030190463
    Abstract: Sheets for protecting paint films of automobiles which can adhere with no wrinkle to paint films of automobiles and cover the same, even in curved surface portions, at a high reliability while achieving excellent protection function to colliding matters, etc. (i.e., the inherent function of protecting sheets) and being easily peeled and removed after completion of the aimed protection, thus preventing the permeation of rainwater, etc. and protecting the paint films of automobiles from being damaged by denaturation, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: TSUYOSHI INOUE, KEIJI HAYASHI, KENJI SANO, AKIRA WAKABAYASHI, KENICHI SHIBATA, SHUUJI SUGIMOTO, KOMAHARU MATSUI, TAKESHI EDA, HIROSHI UEDA
  • Patent number: 6617785
    Abstract: A large-sized organic EL display unit is formed by bonding four small display panels on junction surfaces so that the pitch between emission parts adjacent to each other over the small display panels is equal to the pitch between the emission parts in the small display panels, so that the junction between the adjacent ones of the small electroluminescence display panels is inconspicuous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Shibata, Tatsuro Usuki, Kiyoshi Yoneda, Haruhisa Hashimoto, Hisao Haku
  • Publication number: 20030124346
    Abstract: A removable pressure-sensitive adhesive which, even when applied to metal sheets or to metallic members which have undergone a coating treatment, is inhibited from increasing in adhesive force with the lapse of time and can be easily removed therefrom and which has satisfactory weatherability and satisfactory pot life contains 100 parts by weight on a solid basis of an aqueous dispersion type acrylic copolymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture in an aqueous medium in the presence of a nonionic surfactant and/or an anionic surfactant each having an ethylenic double bond and 0.1 to 3 parts by weight of a hindered-amine light stabilizer having a piperidine ring in which the nitrogen atom has a tertiary amine structure; and an adhesive sheet is produced with the adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamanaka, Shinetsu Itou, Kenichi Shibata, Takeshi Suto, Isamu Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 6580214
    Abstract: A color display apparatus comprises a substrate; thin film transistors formed on the substrate, each of the thin film transistors having a source electrode and a drain electrode; electroluminescence elements respectively formed over the thin film transistors and driven by the thin film transistors, each of the electroluminescence elements having a cathode connected to a source electrode or drain electrode of a thin film transistor, a luminous element layer, and an anode electrode sequentially disposed thereover. A color filter or fluorescent color conversion layer acting as a color element is formed on the side of the anode electrode of an electroluminescence element. The same luminous layer material is used for each display pixel to display a color image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yoneda, Kenichi Shibata
  • Patent number: 6395390
    Abstract: A sheet for protecting paint films of automobiles which can prevent the paint film of automobiles from suffering from damages such as discoloration and denaturation even if rainwater or washer penetrates into the gap between the adhesive cover and the paint film while achieving excellent protection function to suspended matters, colliding matters, etc. inherent to protecting sheets and being easily peeled off and removed after completion of the desired protection. The sheet for protecting paint films of automobiles comprises a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a roughened surface provided on a substrate made of fiber sheet. Even when rainwater, washer, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignees: Nitto Denko Corporation, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Inoue, Kenichi Shibata, Kenji Sano, Akira Wakabayashi, Keiji Hayashi, Shuuji Sugimoto, Komaharu Matsui, Takeshi Eda, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 6392340
    Abstract: A color display apparatus comprises a substrate; thin film transistors formed on the substrate, each of the thin film transistors having a source electrode and a drain electrode; electroluminescence elements respectively formed over the thin film transistors and driven by the thin film transistors, each of the electroluminescence elements having a cathode connected to a source electrode or drain electrode of a thin film transistor, a luminous element layer, and an anode electrode sequentially disposed thereover. A color filter or fluorescent color conversion layer acting as a color element is formed on the side of the anode electrode of an electroluminescence element. The same luminous layer material is used for each display pixel to display a color image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yoneda, Kenichi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20020036463
    Abstract: A color display apparatus comprises a substrate; thin film transistors formed on the substrate, each of the thin film transistors having a source electrode and a drain electrode; electroluminescence elements respectively formed over the thin film transistors and driven by the thin film transistors, each of the electroluminescence elements having a cathode connected to a source electrode or drain electrode of a thin film transistor, a luminous element layer, and an anode electrode sequentially disposed thereover. A color filter or fluorescent color conversion layer acting as a color element is formed on the side of the anode electrode of an electroluminescence element. The same luminous layer material is used for each display pixel to display a color image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yoneda, Kenichi Shibata
  • Patent number: 6358600
    Abstract: A sheet for protecting a paint film which does not deteriorate or discolor the paint film even when the sheet is adhered to protect the paint film under the condition containing acidic rainwater or detergent and can maintain the adhered state over an extended-period of time without peeling off is disclosed. The sheet for protecting a paint film comprises a porous substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on one surface of the porous substrate. The sheet has an air permeability in a direction of sheet thickness of 20,000 sec/100 cc or more and a moisture permeability in a direction of sheet thickness of 2,000 g/m2·24 hr or more. The sheet for protecting a paint film further comprises a porous substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on one surface of the porous substrate, wherein the porous substrate has an ultraviolet transmission of 10% or less at a wavelength of from 190 to 370 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignees: Nitto Denko Corporation, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Hayashi, Tsuyoshi Inoue, Kenichi Shibata, Kenji Sano, Mitsuyoshi Shirai, Mitsuru Horada, Hiroshi Sugawa, Komaharu Matsui, Takeshi Eda, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20020009587
    Abstract: A sheet for protecting a paint film, the sheet comprising a substrate and formed on one side thereof a rubber-based pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which comprises a rubbery polymer and incorporated therein a copolymer of at least one aromatic compound with at least one terpene compound or aliphatic hydrocarbon compound. The sheet can be efficiently applied and satisfactorily adhered to a paint film and retain the satisfactorily adherent state over long. After accomplishment of the protection, the sheet can be easily peeled off and is less apt to foul the paint film even when the paint film is of the type susceptible to fouling upon protective sheet removal. No cleaning treatment is hence necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION and KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Inoue, Kenji Sano, Yoshiki Kobayashi, Kenichi Shibata, Keiji Hayashi, Mitsuru Horada, Komaharu Matsui, Yu Akaki, Takeshi Eda, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 6335090
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising 100 parts by weight of an isobutylene polymer and 0.001 to 5 parts by weight of at least one release control agent selected from the group consisting of an alcohol having a molecular weight of 90 to 300 and an oxygen atom content of 8.5% or more or a derivative thereof and a carboxylic acid having a molecular weight of 70 to 400 and an oxygen atom content of 11% or more or a derivative thereof; and a surface protecting material having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprising the adhesive. The adhesive has well-balanced characteristics in initial adhesion, retention of initial adhesion, and weather resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignees: Nitto Denko Corporation, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Shirai, Keiji Hayashi, Kenichi Shibata, Mitsuru Horada, Tsuyoshi Inoue, Kenji Sano, Komaharu Matsui, Takeshi Eda, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20010026127
    Abstract: A color display apparatus comprises a substrate; thin film transistors formed on the substrate, each of the thin film transistors having a source electrode and a drain electrode; electroluminescence elements respectively formed over the thin film transistors and driven by the thin film transistors, each of the electroluminescence elements having a cathode connected to a source electrode or drain electrode of a thin film transistor, a luminous element layer, and an anode electrode sequentially disposed thereover. A color filter or fluorescent color conversion layer acting as a color element is formed on the side of the anode electrode of an electroluminescence element. The same luminous layer material is used for each display pixel to display a color image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventors: KIYOSHI YONEDA, KENICHI SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 6290283
    Abstract: An electricity feeding device for a vehicle slide door includes a flexible conductive portion for electrically coupling components in the slide door and the vehicle body. The flexible conductive portion has a curved portion which is fitted in a groove so that at least one portion of the flexible conductive portion is spaced a distance from a wall of the groove. The curved portion moves in the groove in association with movement of the slide door for opening or closing an opening area formed in the side wall of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoichi Fukumoto, Katsuhisa Yamada, Masao Ohhashi, Shintaro Suzuki, Seiichi Suzuki, Kenji Kobashi, Shingo Shoudou, Kenichi Shibata