Patents by Inventor Koji Hirose

Koji Hirose 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: 11571806
    Abstract: A three-rotational-degree-of-freedom connection mechanism required for a robot that can make motion similar to a human has a simple structure, and there is no restriction on motion within a movable range. The three-rotational-degree-of-freedom connection mechanism includes a joint connecting a second member rotatably to a first member with three rotational degrees of freedom including rotation around a torsion axis, three actuators each including variable length links having a variable length, and power sources for generating force changing the lengths of variable length links and three first-member-side link attaching units provided in first member and the second-member-side link attaching units provided on the second member such that variable length links having a twisted relationship with respect to a torsion axis exist in each state within a movable range of joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Kawaguchi, Hidetaka Yamauchi, Tomoya Hattori, Koji Hirose
  • Patent number: 11553138
    Abstract: To enable HDR video signals of a plurality of signal interfaces to be satisfactorily handled. [Solution] A processing unit processes a linear high dynamic range video signal and obtains a high dynamic range video signal that has undergone a grayscale compression process. The processing unit is able to perform grayscale compression processes of a plurality of signal interfaces. For example, when a grayscale compression process of another signal interface other than a reference signal interface is performed, the processing unit further performs a process of adding characteristics of system gamma of the reference signal interface and a process of cancelling out characteristics of system gamma of the other signal interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kamiya, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Jun Onuki, Tomoyuki Endo, Masaki Hirose
  • Publication number: 20220380532
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin having a high refractive index, a low Abbe number and a high moisture and heat resistance is provided. In an embodiment, a polycarbonate resin including a structural unit represented by general formula (1) below is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Munenori SHIRATAKE, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Koji HIROSE, Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Shoko SUZUKI, Kensuke OSHIMA, Shuya NAGAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11440991
    Abstract: The present application provides a polycarbonate resin composition which has a high refractive index and a low Abbe number, and high thermal stability. The polycarbonate resin composition according to one embodiment of the present application includes a polycarbonate resin and an antioxidant, wherein the polycarbonate resin contains a constituent unit represented by general formula (1) (in general formula (1), X represents an alkylene group having 1-4 carbon atoms, and a and b each independently represent an integer of 1-10), and the antioxidant content is 1-3000 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Shoko Suzuki, Kensuke Oshima, Shuya Nagayama
  • Patent number: 11434327
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin having a high refractive index, a low Abbe number and a high moisture and heat resistance is provided. In an embodiment, a polycarbonate resin including a structural unit represented by general formula (1) below is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Shoko Suzuki, Kensuke Oshima, Shuya Nagayama
  • Patent number: 11306180
    Abstract: Provided are a polycarbonate having an appropriate refractive index and an appropriate Abbe number, and comprehensively excelling in heat resistance, total light transmittance, and hue, and a molded article thereof. The polycarbonate includes a constituent unit represented by Formula [I] and a constituent unit having a hydrocarbon group containing a cyclic structure. In Formula [I], R1 and R2 each independently denote a hydrocarbon group, and each R3 independently denotes a hydrogen atom, a heteroatom-containing group, a halogen atom-containing group, a linear alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a branched alkyl group having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, or a group including an aryl group and having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Shoko Suzuki, Kensuke Oshima, Shuya Nagayama, Masahiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 11286342
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin having a high refractive index, low Abbe number, and high moist heat resistance that includes structural units represented by general formula (1):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Kentaro Ishihara, Munenori Shiratake, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Kensuke Oshima, Shuya Nagayama, Shoko Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210371367
    Abstract: The present invention relates to triarylmethane compounds of the formula (I), which suitable as monomers for preparing thermoplastic resins having beneficial optical properties and which can be used for producing optical devices. R1, R2 are e.g. hydrogen; Y is an alkylene group having 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms, Ar is selected from mono- or polycyclic aryl and mono- or polycyclic hetaryl; X1, X2, X3, X4 are CH, C—Rx or N, provided that in each ring at most two of X1, X2, X3, X4 are N; Rx is e.g. halogen, CN or CH?CH2. The invention also relates to thermoplastic resins comprising a polymerized unit of the compound of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Karl Reuter, Vasyl Andrushko, Mark Kantor, Florian Stolz, Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Shoko Suzuki, Kensuke Oshima
  • Publication number: 20210363295
    Abstract: The present application provides a polycarbonate resin composition which has a high refractive index and a low Abbe number, and high thermal stability. The polycarbonate resin composition according to one embodiment of the present application includes a polycarbonate resin and an antioxidant, wherein the polycarbonate resin contains a constituent unit represented by general formula (1) (in general formula (1), X represents an alkylene group having 1-4 carbon atoms, and a and b each independently represent an integer of 1-10), and the antioxidant content is 1-3000 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Munenori SHIRATAKE, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Koji HIROSE, Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Shoko SUZUKI, Kensuke OSHIMA, Shuya NAGAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210355058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I), which are suitable as monomers for preparing thermoplastic resins having beneficial optical properties and which can be used for producing optical devices: where A1, A2 are selected from mono- or bicyclic aromatic radicals and mono- or bicyclic heteroaromatic radicals, X represents e.g. a single bond, O, NH, CR6R7, Y is e.g. absent or represents a single bond, O, NH, CR8R9; R1, R2 are hydrogen, a radical Ar? or a radical Ra; R3 is Alk, O-Alk?-, O-Alk?-[O-Alk?]0, O—CH2—Ar—C(O)—, O—C(O)—Ar—C(O)— or O-Alk-C(O)—, where in the last five moieties the left O is bound to A1 and A2, respectively, m, n are 0, 1 or 2; o is an integer from 1 to 10; R4, R5 are e.g. selected from CN and a radical Ra; R6, R8 are e.g. selected from hydrogen, a radical Ar? and a radical Ra; R7, R9 are e.g. selected from hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl and a radical Ar?; Ra is selected from the group consisting of C?C—R11 and Ar—C?C—R11; R11 is e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Shoko Murata, Kensuke Oshima, Florian Stolz
  • Publication number: 20210340317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I), which are suitable as monomers for preparing thermoplastic resins having beneficial optical properties and which can be used for producing optical devices. In Formula (I), A1, A2 are selected from mono- or bicyclic aromatic radicals and mono- or bicyclic heteroaromatic radicals; X represents e.g. a single bond, O, NH, CR6R7; Y is e.g. absent or represents a single bond, O, NH, CR8R9; R1, R2 are hydrogen, a radical Ar? or a radical Ra; R3 is Alk, O-Alk?-, O-Alk?-[O-Alk?]o, O—CH2—Ar—C(O)—, O—C(O)—Ar—C(O)— or O-Alk-C(O)—, where in the last five moieties the left O is bound to A1 and A2, respectively; m, n are 0, 1 or 2; o is an integer from 1 to 10; R4, R5 are e.g. selected from CN and a radical Ra; R6, R8 are e.g. selected from hydrogen, a radical Ar? and a radical Ra; R7, R9 are e.g. selected from hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl and a radical Ar?; Ra is selected from the group consisting of C?C—R11 and Ar—C?C—R11; R11 is e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Karl REUTER, Vasyl ANDRUSHKO, Mark KANTOR, Florian STOLZ, Philipp KOSCHKER, Munenori SHIRATAKE, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Koji HIROSE, Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Shoko SUZUKI, Kensuke OSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11086100
    Abstract: A mirror support includes a first rod in which one end is connected to an arm at a position closer to a side of a first pad fixed to the mirror with respect to a second pad fixed to the mirror while the other end stretched and inclined onto the side of first pad from the position connected is connected to a support structure; a first-rod elastic body that is an elastic body constituting the first rod; a second rod in which one end is connected to arm at a position closer to a side of second pad with respect to first pad while the other end stretched and inclined onto the side of second pad from the position connected is connected to the support structure; and a second-rod elastic body that is an elastic body constituting the second rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Hattori, Koji Hirose, Teppei Ikezaki
  • Patent number: 11072573
    Abstract: The present invention relates to binaphthyl compounds of the formula (I), which are suitable as monomers for preparing polycarbonate resins having beneficial optical properties and which can be used for producing optical lenses: Formula (I) where X is C2-C4-alkandiyl or C1-C4-alkandiyl-C(O)—, where C(O) is bound to the oxygen atom of the hydroxyl group and where C2-C4-alkandiyl or C1-C4-alkandiyl, respectively, are unsubstituted or carry a phenyl ring; R and R? are identical or different and selected from mono or polycyclic aryl having from 6 to 36 carbon atoms and mono- or polycyclic hetaryl having a total of 5 to 36 atoms, which are ring members, where 1, 2, 3 or 4 of these atoms are selected from nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen, while the remainder of these atoms are carbon atoms, where mono- or polycyclic aryl and mono- or polycyclic hetaryl are unsubstituted or carry 1 or 2 radicals Ra, which are selected from the group consisting of CN, CH3, OCH3, O-phenyl, O-naphthyl, S-phenyl, S-naphthyl, CI or F; and, if
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Reuter Chemische Apparatebau E.K.
    Inventors: Karl Reuter, Vasyl Andrushko, Mark Kantor, Florian Stolz, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Shinya Ikeda, Shoko Suzuki, Koji Hirose, Kensuke Oshima, Shuya Nagayama
  • Publication number: 20210162602
    Abstract: A rotation connecting mechanism includes: a joint that connects a second member rotatably to a first member with three rotational degrees of freedom; a first link and a third link in each of which one end is attached rotatably to second member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom while the other end is attached rotatably to first member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom, each of first link and third link having a variable length and five rotational degrees of freedom; a second link in which one end is attached rotatably to first link with at least two rotational degrees of freedom while the other end is attached rotatably to first member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom, second link having a variable length and five rotational degrees of freedom; and motors that generate force changing lengths of the three links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru KAWAGUCHI, Tomoya HATTORI, Masaki HARUNA, Koji HIROSE, Ken UEDA, Shingo KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11002883
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin comprising a constituting unit (A) derived from a compound represented by the following general formula (1), wherein the resin composition comprises an ultraviolet absorber in an amount of 2,000 ppm to 40,000 ppm:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10962793
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a thermoplastic resin by reacting reactants comprising a dihydroxy compound. In this production method, the dihydroxy compound comprises a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (1), and at least one of a compound represented by the following formula (A), a compound represented by the following formula (B), and a compound represented by the following formula (C), wherein the total weight of the compound represented by the formula (A), the compound represented by the formula (B), and the compound represented by the formula (C) is 1,500 ppm or more, based on the weight (100 parts by weight) of the dihydroxy compound represented by the formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10955680
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a thermoplastic resin by reacting reactants comprising a dihydroxy compound. In this production method, the dihydroxy compound comprises a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (1), and at least one of a compound represented by the following formula (A), a compound represented by the following formula (B), and a compound represented by the following formula (C), wherein the total weight of the compound represented by the formula (A), the compound represented by the formula (B), and the compound represented by the formula (C) is 1,500 ppm or more, based on the weight (100 parts by weight) of the dihydroxy compound represented by the formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20210054143
    Abstract: Provided are a polycarbonate having an appropriate refractive index and an appropriate Abbe number, and comprehensively excelling in heat resistance, total light transmittance, and hue, and a molded article thereof. The polycarbonate includes a constituent unit represented by Formula [I] and a constituent unit having a hydrocarbon group containing a cyclic structure. In Formula [I], R1 and R2 each independently denote a hydrocarbon group, and each R3 independently denotes a hydrogen atom, a heteroatom-containing group, a halogen atom-containing group, a linear alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a branched alkyl group having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, or a group including an aryl group and having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Munenori SHIRATAKE, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Koji HIROSE, Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Shoko SUZUKI, Kensuke OSHIMA, Shuya NAGAYAMA, Masahiro KANDA
  • Publication number: 20200354516
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin having a high refractive index, low Abbe number, and high moist heat resistance that includes structural units represented by general formula (1):
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Munenori SHIRATAKE, Koji HIROSE, Shinya IKEDA, Kensuke OSHIMA, Shuya NAGAYAMA, Shoko SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200354299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to binaphthyl compounds of the formula (I), which are suitable as monomers for preparing polycarbonate resins having beneficial optical properties and which can be used for producing optical lenses: Formula (I) where X is C2-C4-alkandiyl or C1-C4-alkandiyl-C(O)—, where C(O) is bound to the oxygen atom of the hydroxyl group and where C2-C4-alkandiyl or C1-C4-alkandiyl, respectively, are unsubstituted or carry a phenyl ring; R and R? are identical or different and selected from mono or polycyclic aryl having from 6 to 36 carbon atoms and mono- or polycyclic hetaryl having a total of 5 to 36 atoms, which are ring members, where 1, 2, 3 or 4 of these atoms are selected from nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen, while the remainder of these atoms are carbon atoms, where mono- or polycyclic aryl and mono- or polycyclic hetaryl are unsubstituted or carry 1 or 2 radicals Ra, which are selected from the group consisting of CN, CH3, OCH3, O-phenyl, O-naphthyl, S-phenyl, S-naphthyl, CI or F; and, if
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Karl REUTER, Vasyl ANDRUSHKO, Mark KANTOR, Florian STOLZ, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Munenori SHIRATAKE, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Shinya IKEDA, Shoko SUZUKI, Koji HIROSE, Kensuke OSHIMA, Shuya NAGAYAMA