Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Imamura

Kiyoshi Imamura 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).

  • Optically active ester derivatives, preparation process thereof, liquid crystal materials and a light switching element
    Patent number: 5385693
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are optically active carboxylic acid or acid halide compounds of formula III: ##STR1## Wherein R.sub.2 represents an optically active alkyl or alkoxyalkyl group having 3 to 15 carbon atoms optionally substituted by halogen atoms; R' represents a hydroxyl group or a halogen atom; k is 0 or 1; and n represents an integer of 1 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Higashii, Isao Kurimoto, Shoji Toda, Masayoshi Minai, Takeshi Tani, Chizu Kawakami, Koichi Fujisawa, Kiyoshi Imamura
  • Optically active aromatic compounds, preparation process therefor, liquid crystal materials and a light switching element
    Patent number: 5374376
    Abstract: Disclosed are herein optically active aromatic compounds represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents --COO-- or --OCO--; Y represents --COO--, --OCO-- or --O--; R.sub.2 represents an alkyl or alkoxyalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms unsubstituted or substituted by a halogen atom; R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms;Z represents ##STR2## wherein p represents a number of 1 to 5 and * indicates an asymmetric carbon atom; l and k each represents a number of 1 or 2; m and s each represents a number of 0 or 1, which are useful as a liquid crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Higashii, Isao Kurimoto, Shoji Toda, Masayoshi Minai, Shigeaki Chika, Koichi Fujisawa, Kiyoshi Imamura
  • Optically active ester derivatives, preparation process thereof, liquid crystal materials and a light switching element
    Patent number: 5264151
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are optically active phenols of formula (V) which are useful as precursors for esters used in liquid crystalline crystalline mixtures: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.2 represents an optically active alkyl or alkoxyalkyl group having 3 to 15 carbon atoms optionally substituted by halogen atoms; k represents a number of 0 or 1; n represents a number of 1 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Higashi, Isao Kurimoto, Shoji Toda, Masayoshi Minai, Takeshi Tani, Chizu Kawakami, Koichi Fujisawa, Kiyoshi Imamura
  • Optically active ester derivatives, preparation process thereof, liquid crystal materials and a light switching element
    Patent number: 5124070
    Abstract: Disclosed are herein optically active ester derivatives represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 represents an optically active alkyl or alkoxyalkyl group having 3 to 15 carbon atoms optionally substituted by halogen atoms; Y represents --O--, --COO-- or --OCO--; X represents --COO-- or --OCO--; l represents a number of 1 or 2; k and m each represents a number of 0 or 1; n represents a number of 1 to 6), preparation processes therefor, liquid crystal materials containing such ester derivatives as active ingredient, and a light switching element using said liquid crystal materials as liquid crystal element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Higashii, Isao Kurimoto, Shoji Toda, Masayoshi Minai, Takeshi Tani, Chizu Kawakami, Koichi Fujisawa, Kiyoshi Imamura
  • Rubber resistance exercise tool
    Patent number: D616951
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Imamura Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Imamura