Patents by Inventor Kenta JOZUKA

Kenta JOZUKA 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: 11236253
    Abstract: Provided is a PSA sheet highly durable against repeated deformation and suited for use in a flexible device as well. The PSA sheet provided by this invention comprises a PSA layer. The PSA sheet shows a recovery rate at 100% elongation of 70% or higher. The PSA layer shows a displacement of 0.5 mm or greater according to the following holding power test: <Holding Power Test> At 23° C., the PSA layer is applied over a 10 mm wide by 20 mm long bonding area to a Bakelite plate as an adherend; a 1 kg load is applied in the length direction; after one hour, the displacement from the initial position where first applied is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Yamanari, Makoto Saito, Naoaki Higuchi, Kenta Jozuka
  • Patent number: 11186750
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape excellent in unevenness followability. The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape of the present invention includes: a base material layer; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer arranged on at least one side of the base material layer, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape has a dimensional change ratio at 23° C. of from 0.20 to 0.39.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Yamanari, Makoto Saito, Naoaki Higuchi, Kenta Jozuka
  • Patent number: 11168236
    Abstract: The present invention provides an acrylic PSA composition. The acrylic PSA composition comprises an acrylic polymer as its base polymer and at least one species selected among tackifier resins and (meth)acrylic oligomers. The acrylic polymer has a weight average molecular weight higher than 70×104. The acrylic polymer has a dispersity (Mw/Mn) below 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Jozuka, Naoaki Higuchi, Kenji Furuta, Naohiro Kato, Yasushi Buzojima
  • Patent number: 10983377
    Abstract: Provided is a PSA sheet that can be processed with excellent precision while providing excellent light-blocking properties in an in-plane direction and in the thickness direction in an embodiment where the support substrate has a limited thickness. The PSA sheet has a support substrate having a thickness less than 75 ?m and a PSA layer placed at least on one face of the support substrate. The PSA sheet has light transmittances of 0.04% or lower in XY and Z directions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka Nishiwaki, Kazuki Minoura, Kenta Jozuka, Naohiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20210062049
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape that is hard to see through even in the case where a tensile stress is applied thereto. The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape of the present invention includes: a base material layer; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer arranged on at least one side of the base material laver, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape has a total light transmittance T1 of 20% or less under a state of being elongated by a degree of elongation of 0%, and wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape has a total light transmittance T2 of 30% or less under a state of being elongated by a degree of elongation of 100%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMANARI, Makoto SAITO, Naoaki HIGUCHI, Kenta JOZUKA
  • Patent number: 10800944
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) sheet including a PSA layer formed from a PSA composition including a base polymer, crosslinking agents of two or more species having mutually different types of crosslinkable functional groups, and an azole-based rust inhibitor. Here, one of the crosslinking agents of two or more species is an isocyanate-based crosslinking agent. Monomeric components constituting the base polymer include a carboxy group-containing monomer. The amount of the azole-based rust inhibitor in the PSA layer is less than 8 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the base polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Kigami, Yasushi Buzojima, Kenta Jozuka, Midori Segawa, Masataka Nishiwaki, Ryo Morioka
  • Patent number: 10800943
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) sheet having a low relative dielectric constant, satisfactory metal corrosion preventing property, and excellent member holding performance. The present invention provides a PSA sheet having a PSA layer including a base polymer and a rust inhibitor. The base polymer is an acrylic polymer, and monomeric components constituting the acrylic polymer comprise a (meth)acrylate having an alkyl group having 5 or more carbon atoms at an ester end at 50% by weight or more of the monomeric components. The PSA layer has a relative dielectric constant of 3 or less at 300 kHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Kigami, Yasushi Buzojima, Kenta Jozuka, Midori Segawa
  • Publication number: 20200165489
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape excellent in unevenness followability. The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape of the present invention includes: a base material layer; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer arranged on at least one side of the base material layer, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape has a dimensional change ratio at 23° C. of from 0.20 to 0.39.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMANARI, Makoto SAITO, Naoaki HIGUCHI, Kenta JOZUKA
  • Publication number: 20200148919
    Abstract: Provided is a PSA sheet capable of providing reliable adhesion even upon exposure to cosmetics, chemicals and the like containing polar compounds. The PSA sheet provided by this invention has a PSA layer comprising a polyester-based polymer. The PSA sheet has a 180° peel strength of 1 N/5 mm or greater after ethanol immersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki Ikami, Yasushi Buzojima, Kenta Jozuka, Naoaki Higuchi, Midori Segawa, Naohiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20200096810
    Abstract: Provided is a PSA sheet that can be processed with excellent precision while providing excellent light-blocking properties in an in-plane direction and in the thickness direction in an embodiment where the support substrate has a limited thickness. The PSA sheet has a support substrate having a thickness less than 75 ?m and a PSA layer placed at least on one face of the support substrate. The PSA sheet has light transmittances of 0.04% or lower in XY and Z directions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka Nishiwaki, Kazuki Minoura, Kenta Jozuka, Naohiro Kato
  • Patent number: 10550298
    Abstract: Provided is a PSA sheet that provides highly reliable adhesion and great stretch removability from adherends. This invention provides a PSA sheet. The PSA sheet exhibits a shear adhesive strength of 0.5 MPa or greater, a tensile strength at break of 10 MPa or greater, and an elongation at break of 300% or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Jozuka, Naoki Nakayama, Yoshikazu Soeda, Yasushi Buzojima, Naoaki Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20200017726
    Abstract: Provided is a PSA sheet that provides reliable adhesion even upon contact with grease. Provided is an adhesively double-faced PSA sheet having a PSA layer. The PSA sheet has an initial push-peel strength of 0.5 MPa or greater. It has an adhesive strength retention rate of 25% or higher, determined as the ratio of the push-peel strength at 24 hours after artificial sebum application to the push-peel strength before the artificial sebum application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki Ikami, Naoaki Higuchi, Kenta Jozuka
  • Publication number: 20190161650
    Abstract: This invention provides a PSA sheet comprising a substrate layer, and a PSA layer provided to at least one face of the substrate layer. The substrate layer has a thickness TS and the PSA layer has a total thickness TPSA at a TS/TPSA ratio value of greater than 0.3, and the PSA layer has a storage modulus at 25° C., G?(25° C.) of 0.15 MPa or greater as well as a loss modulus at 25° C., G?(25° C.), of 2.0 MPa or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta JOZUKA, Naoaki HIGUCHI, Naohiro KATO, Yasushi BUZOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20190161651
    Abstract: This invention provides a double-faced PSA sheet comprising a substrate film having first and second faces, and first and second PSA layers provided to the first and second faces of the substrate film, respectively. The first and second PSA layers have a combined thickness TPSA and the substrate film has a thickness TS at a TS/TPSA ratio value of 0.3 or less. The first and second PSA layers individually have a storage modulus G?(apply) of 0.6 MPa or less at a temperature at which the PSA sheet is press-bonded to an adherend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta JOZUKA, Naoaki HIGUCHI, Naohiro KATO, Yasushi BUZOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20190106606
    Abstract: This invention provides a double-linered PSA sheet having an adhesively double-faced PSA sheet, and first and second release films placed on first and second adhesive faces of the PSA sheet. The first and second release films have tensile elastic moduli E1 and E2 at an E2/E1 ratio value of 1.5 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta JOZUKA, Naoaki HIGUCHI, Naohiro KATO, Yasushi BUZOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20190106605
    Abstract: This invention provides a PSA sheet comprising a PSA layer. The PSA layer has a storage modulus at 25° C., G?(25° C.), of 0.15 MPa or greater and a storage modulus at 85° C., G?(85° C.), of 0.02 MPa or greater. The PSA sheet satisfies at least one of the following features: having a 180° peel strength of 8 N/20 mm or greater when determined within one minute after press-bonded at 23° C. at a press-bonding load of 0.1 kg or a 180° peel strength of 8 N/20 mm or greater when determined within one minute after press-bonded at 40° C. at 0.05 MPa for 3 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta JOZUKA, Naoaki HIGUCHI, Naohiro KATO, Yasushi BUZOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20190106608
    Abstract: The present invention provides an acrylic PSA composition. The acrylic PSA composition comprises an acrylic polymer as its base polymer and at least one species selected among tackifier resins and (meth)acrylic oligomers. The acrylic polymer has a weight average molecular weight higher than 70×104. The acrylic polymer has a dispersity (Mw/Mn) below 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta JOZUKA, Naoaki HIGUCHI, Kenji FURUTA, Naohiro KATO, Yasushi BUZOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20180194975
    Abstract: Provided is a PSA sheet highly durable against repeated deformation and suited for use in a flexible device as well. The PSA sheet provided by this invention comprises a PSA layer. The PSA sheet shows a recovery rate at 100% elongation of 70% or higher. The PSA layer shows a displacement of 0.5 mm or greater according to the following holding power test: <Holding Power Test> At 23° C., the PSA layer is applied over a 10 mm wide by 20 mm long bonding area to a Bakelite plate as an adherend; a 1 kg load is applied in the length direction; after one hour, the displacement from the initial position where first applied is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMANARI, Makoto SAITO, Naoaki HIGUCHI, Kenta JOZUKA
  • Publication number: 20180044555
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) sheet including a PSA layer formed from a PSA composition including a base polymer, crosslinking agents of two or more species having mutually different types of crosslinkable functional groups, and an azole-based rust inhibitor. Here, one of the crosslinking agents of two or more species is an isocyanate-based crosslinking agent. Monomeric components constituting the base polymer include a carboxy group-containing monomer. The amount of the azole-based rust inhibitor in the PSA layer is less than 8 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the base polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki KIGAMI, Yasushi BUZOJIMA, Kenta JOZUKA, Midori SEGAWA, Masataka NISHIWAKI, Ryo MORIOKA
  • Publication number: 20180044554
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) sheet having a low relative dielectric constant, satisfactory metal corrosion preventing property, and excellent member holding performance. The present invention provides a PSA sheet having a PSA layer including a base polymer and a rust inhibitor. The base polymer is an acrylic polymer, and monomeric components constituting the acrylic polymer comprise a (meth)acrylate having an alkyl group having 5 or more carbon atoms at an ester end at 50% by weight or more of the monomeric components. The PSA layer has a relative dielectric constant of 3 or less at 300 kHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki KIGAMI, Yasushi BUZOJIMA, Kenta JOZUKA, Midori SEGAWA