Patents by Inventor Kouichi Yamaguchi
Kouichi Yamaguchi 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).
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Publication number: 20040190225Abstract: A silicon-containing compound of solid state including neither a compound capable of dissociating into positive and negative ions nor a liquid electrolyte and a gel electrolyte, and exhibiting a dielectric relaxation phenomenon in the frequency range of 100 Hz to 1 MHz, and preferably a sintered body of silicon-containing compound obtained by sintering at least one of the silicon-containing compounds selected from polysilanes and silicones which are dissolvable to organic solvents.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2003Publication date: September 30, 2004Applicant: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akiji Higuchi, Ayako Maruta, Kouichi Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Tsushima, Takeshi Oka, Emi Watanabe, Masashi Ohata
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Patent number: 6787241Abstract: A film obtained by heating a coating of a resin composition at a temperature lower than 300° C. but not lower than 40° C. in air or in an inert atmosphere. The resin composition includes a hydrosilylated polymer obtained by reacting at least one hydridosilsesquioxane compound of the following formula (1): (HSiO3/2)n (1) wherein n is an integer of 4-1000, with at least one compound of the following formula (2) R1—C≡C—R2 (2) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a monovalent organic group or a monovalent organosilicon group and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a group of the formula: —(R′)q—C≡C—R where R′ represents a divalent organic group or a divalent organometallic group, R represents a monovalent organic group or a monovalent organosilicon group and q is 0 or 1 with the proviso that when R1 is a hydrogen atom R2 is a hydrogen atom.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2002Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Toshiaki Kobayashi, Teruyuki Hayashi, Masato Tanaka, Kouichi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20040067839Abstract: A ZrO2—Al2O3 composite ceramic material having high mechanical strength and toughness as well as excellent wear resistance and hardness is provided. This ceramic material includes a first phase of ZrO2 grains containing 10 to 12 mol % of CeO2 as a stabilizer and having an average grain size of 0.1 &mgr;m to 1 &mgr;m, and a second phase of Al2O3 grains having an average grain size of 0.1 to 0.5 &mgr;m.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2003Publication date: April 8, 2004Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTIC WORKS, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Nawa, Kouichi Yamaguchi, Motoyuki Toki
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Patent number: 6660392Abstract: An anti-reflection film which includes an inorganic anti-reflection layer including a silicon dioxide-based inorganic layer and having a monolayer structure or plural-layer structure, and a stain-resistant layer provided as a surface layer, is provided. The stain-resistant layer is composed of a cured product of a particular fluorine-containing silazane compound. An optical member having the anti-reflection film on a substrate, such as an optical element, is also provided. These have good stain resistance, wipe off cleanability, mar resistance and water and oil repellency, and these properties have good durability.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2001Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouichi Yamaguchi, Hiromasa Yamaguchi, Hirofumi Kishita
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Patent number: 6570425Abstract: In a phase difference signal generator, a first delay circuit has a delay time of nx where n ix 2, 3, . . . and x is a voluntary real number, the delay circuit receiving a first input clock signal having a phase of 0° to generate a first phase difference signal. At least one k-to-(n−k) weighted phase interpolator has a first input for receiving an output signal of said first delay circuit and a second input for receiving a second input clock signal having a phase of &thgr; to generate an output signal having a phase of (n−k)x+k&thgr;/n where k is 1, 2, . . . , n−1. At least one second delay circuit is connected to the k-to-(n−k) weighted phase interpolator. The second delay circuit has a delay time of kx to generate a k-th phase difference signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2001Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Kouichi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20030054180Abstract: A film obtained by heating a coating of a resin composition at a temperature lower than 300° C. but not lower than 40° C. in air or in an inert atmosphere.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Toshiaki Kobayashi, Teruyuki Hayashi, Masato Tanaka, Kouichi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20020105728Abstract: An anti-reflection film which includes an inorganic anti-reflection layer including a silicon dioxide-based inorganic layer and having a monolayer structure or plural-layer structure, and a stain-resistant layer provided as a surface layer, is provided. The stain-resistant layer is composed of a cured product of a particular fluorine-containing silazane compound. An optical member having the anti-reflection film on a substrate, such as an optical element, is also provided. These have good stain resistance, wipe off cleanability, mar resistance and water and oil repellency, and these properties have good durability.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2001Publication date: August 8, 2002Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.Inventors: Kouichi Yamaguchi, Hiromasa Yamaguchi, Hirofumi Kishita
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Publication number: 20020053931Abstract: In a phase difference signal generator, a first delay circuit has a delay time of nx where n ix 2, 3, . . . and x is a voluntary real number, the delay circuit receiving a first input clock signal having a phase of 0° to generate a first phase difference signal. At least one k-to-(n-k) weighted phase interpolator has a first input for receiving an output signal of said first delay circuit and a second input for receiving a second input clock signal having a phase of &thgr; to generate an output signal having a phase of (n-k)x+k&thgr;/n where k is 1, 2, . . . , n-1. At least one second delay circuit is connected to the k-to-(n-k) weighted phase interpolator. The second delay circuit has a delay time of kx to generate a k-th phase difference signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2001Publication date: May 9, 2002Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Kouichi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 6200684Abstract: A novel perfluoropolyether-modified aminosilane cures into a film having improved water and oil repellency, parting and anti-staining properties. A surface treating agent comprising the aminosilane, and an article with a coating of the aminosilane are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2000Date of Patent: March 13, 2001Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiromasa Yamaguchi, Kouichi Yamaguchi, Hirofumi Kishita
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Patent number: 6160465Abstract: A soft magnetic core is substantially cylindrical and a linear-shaped coil conductor is inserted through a hole in the central portion of the soft magnetic core. A hard magnetic material sheet has areas which are magnetized in a thickness direction thereof and the areas are arranged in strips so that a magnetization direction of adjacent strips is mutually opposite. The hard magnetic material is wound on the outside surface of the soft magnetic core and is fixed to the soft magnetic core. The direction of the areas formed as strips of the hard magnetic material is substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the coil conductor.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1998Date of Patent: December 12, 2000Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.Inventors: Kouichi Yamaguchi, Tatsuyuki Yamada, Yukio Sakamoto, Masami Sugitani, Satoshi Murata
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Patent number: 6139988Abstract: A hydrogen absorbing alloy electrode having on a conductive support a layer which contains as a main component a hydrogen absorbing alloy powder capable of absorbing and releasing hydrogen electrochemically and is covered with a fluorine-containing water repellent layer on the surface side; with the fluorine-containing water repellent layer being a layer formed by coating and curing a water repellent agent comprising (A) a straight-chain perfluorinated compound having at least two secondary amino groups per molecule and a divalent perfluoroalkylene or perfluoropolyether structure in the main chain and (B) a fluorine-containing epoxy compound having at least three epoxy groups per molecule.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1998Date of Patent: October 31, 2000Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouichi Yamaguchi, Masatoshi Arai, Hiroto Sugahara
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Patent number: 6114528Abstract: The invention is directed at novel fluorinated amide compounds of formula (1): ##STR1## wherein Rf is a divalent perfluoroalkylene or perfluoropolyether group, X is a group of formula (2), (3) or (4), and m is an integer inclusive of 0. ##STR2## R.sup.1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and R.sup.2 is a divalent hydrocarbon group. These compounds can be used to obtain elastomers or cured resins having a high fluorine content and a low surface energy, making them effective as starting materials in the production of chemical and solvent-resistant elastomeric materials, parting agents, and water repellents.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 1999Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouichi Yamaguchi, Noriyuki Koike, Hirofumi Kishita, Masatoshi Arai
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Patent number: 6111050Abstract: A fluorine-containing curable composition comprises (A) a linear perfluoro compound having at least two secondary amino groups per molecule and a divalent perfluoroalkylene or divalent perfluoropolyether structure in the main chain, and (B) a crosslinkable fluorinated compound having at least three functional groups which are crosslinkable with the secondary amino groups of (A). This composition readily cures, with standing at room temperature or heating only, to a cured product having excellent solvent and chemical resistance.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 1998Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouichi Yamaguchi, Noriyuki Koike, Masatoshi Arai, Hirofumi Kishita
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Patent number: 6060618Abstract: Disclosed is a novel compound which is a perfluoroalkylene dianilide compound represented by the general formula ##STR1## in which Rf is a perfluoroalkylene group optionally interruptrd by oxygen atoms to form an ether linkage and R and R.sup.1 are each a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group. When this compound has two or more hydrogen atoms directly bonded to the silicon atoms in a molecule, the compound is useful as a crosslinking agent for an organosilicon compound having two or more silicon-bonded vinyl groups in a molecule. Alternatively, the compound having two or more silicon-bonded vinyl groups in a molecule is useful as a crosslinking agent for an organosilicon compound having two or more silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in a molecule. The dianilide compound is prepared by the coupling reaction between a perfluoroalkylene dicarboxylic acid difluoride and an N-trimethylsilyl-N-(3,5-disilylphenyl) amine compound.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1999Date of Patent: May 9, 2000Assignee: Shin Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouichi Yamaguchi, Yasushi Yamamoto, Masatoshi Arai
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Patent number: 6031131Abstract: The invention is directed at novel fluorinated amide compounds of formula (1): ##STR1## wherein Rf is a divalent perfluoroalkylene or perfluoro-polyether group, X is a group of formula (2), (3) or (4), and m is an integer inclusive of 0. ##STR2## R.sub.1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and R.sup.2 is a divalent hydrocarbon group. These compounds can be used to obtain elastomers or cured resins having a high fluorine content and a low surface energy, making them effective as starting materials in the production of chemical and isolvent-resistant elastomeric materials, parting agents, and water repellents.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 1998Date of Patent: February 29, 2000Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouichi Yamaguchi, Noriyuki Koike, Hirofumi Kishita, Masatoshi Arai
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Patent number: 6027791Abstract: A structure for mounting a wiring board in which the wiring board including a ceramics insulating board, metallized wiring layers arranged on said insulating board, and a plurality of connection terminals mounted on said insulating board and electrically connected to said metallized wiring layer, is placed on a mother board having wiring conductors formed on the surface of an insulator which contains an organic resin, and the connection terminals of said wiring board are connected by brazing to the wiring conductors of said mother board, wherein a value F1 defined by the following formula (1):F1=L.times..DELTA..alpha./H.sup.2 (1)wherein L is a distance (mm) between the two connection terminals which are most separated away from each other among a plurality of connection terminals mounted on said insulating board, .DELTA..alpha. is a difference in the coefficient of thermal expansion (ppm/.degree. C.) between the insulating board of said wiring board and said mother board at 40 to 400.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1997Date of Patent: February 22, 2000Assignee: Kyocera CorporationInventors: Masahiko Higashi, Kouichi Yamaguchi, Masanari Kokubu, Hitoshi Kumatabara, Noriaki Hamada, Kenichi Nagae, Michio Shinozaki, Yasuhide Tami
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Patent number: 5977853Abstract: There is provided a choke coil having a sufficient noise eliminating effect against common mode and normal mode noises. The choke coil has two bobbins, a pair of windings wound around the respective bobbins, first and second magnetic cores which are each inserted in cylindrical body portions of the bobbins at one side thereof, and a support member for supporting the cores. The first magnetic core is in the form of the character B and made of a material having lower permeability. The second magnetic core is in the form of the character D and made of a material having higher permeability. A predetermined gap is maintained between the cores by a spacer provided on the top surface of the support member.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 1996Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takaaki Ooi, Kouichi Yamaguchi, Tatsuyuki Yamada, Iwao Fukutani
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Patent number: 5889322Abstract: A low-temperature calcined ceramic of the present invention comprises a sintered body obtained by calcining a mixture of a glass and an SiO.sub.2 filler such as quartz or cristobalite, wherein the sintered body contains an SiO.sub.2 crystal having an X-ray diffraction image that the peak at the (101) plane of quartz or cristobalite is shifted at least 0.05.degree. (2.theta.) to the lower angle side. The ceramic containing the shifted crystal of quarts or cristobalite does not have a region of abruptly changing the thermal expansion and has a substantially linear thermal expansion curve. Accordingly, when the ceramic is used as an insulating substrate of a wiring boad, there is no possibility of abruptly causing the thermal expansion by heating, etc., at mounting on an external electric circuit boad and the occurrence of the inferior connection, etc., by thermal expansion can be effectively prevented.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1997Date of Patent: March 30, 1999Assignee: Kyocera CorporationInventors: Noriaki Hamada, Kouichi Yamaguchi, Hideto Yonekura, Kenichi Nagae
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Patent number: 5825272Abstract: A choke coil is disclosed which exhibits sufficient capability in suppressing both common-mode noise and normal-mode noise with a small number of parts. A bobbin is formed of a rod and flanges provided for the rod. A pair of windings are reeled around the rod. Further, one side of a hollow-rectangular integral-type magnetic core is inserted into a hole formed in the rod of the bobbin. The heights of the flange of the bobbin are set as L2 in the upward direction, while the heights of the flange of the bobbin are determined as L1 in the downward direction (as illustrated) with L1>L2, i.e., the heights of the flange are varied in the directions along the outer peripheral surfaces of the flange.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1997Date of Patent: October 20, 1998Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuyuki Yamada, Kouichi Yamaguchi, Takaaki Ooi
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Patent number: 5793273Abstract: A choke coil exhibits sufficient capability in suppressing both common-mode noise and normal-mode noise while inhibiting an occurrence of magnetic saturation of a magnetic core. A terminal stand is formed of a frame and a magnetic plate. A split-type bobbin has a bobbin member made from a magnetic substance and a bobbin member made from an insulating substance. The bobbin is formed of a rod and three flanges provided for the rod. A pair of windings are reeled around the rod of the bobbin. Further, one side of an integral-type magnetic core formed in a hollow-rectangular shape is inserted into a hole formed in the rod of the bobbin. The magnetic bobbin member is placed outside a region surrounded by a closed magnetic path formed by the magnetic core. The magnetic bobbin member also forms a closed magnetic path together with the magnetic plate of the terminal stand.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1997Date of Patent: August 11, 1998Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouichi Yamaguchi, Takaaki Ooi, Tatsuyuki Yamada