Patents by Inventor Kouji Teramoto

Kouji Teramoto 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: 10480873
    Abstract: A flow path member 1 according to one aspect of the invention includes a main body 4 formed of a ceramic sintered body in which a first flow path 6 is provided so as to allow a fluid to flow therethrough, wherein the main body 4 includes a projection 10 formed of part of the ceramic sintered body on an inner wall of the first flow path 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kou Ito, Kouji Teramoto, Hiroyasu Momikura
  • Publication number: 20190241503
    Abstract: A method for purifying an N-(?-alkoxyethyl)formamide contained in a mixture thereof with a plurality of distillation columns, the plurality of distillation columns being arranged serially, the method including condensing a distillate from the second or any later-stage distillation column to obtain a condensate and returning at least some of the condensate to the preceding distillation column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji TERAMOTO, Hitoshi NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190241502
    Abstract: Provided is a production method for N-(?-hydroxyethyl) formamide, having a step (1) in which a basic catalyst stored in a catalyst supply device and formamide are mixed in a mixing tank; and a step (2) in which the formamide mixed with the basic catalyst is brought in contact with acetaldehyde and N-(?-hydroxyethyl) formamide is obtained. In step (1), at least part of the catalyst supply device is vibrated while the basic catalyst is supplied to the mixing tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji TERAMOTO, Hitoshi NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 10370772
    Abstract: A layered coating film according to the present invention includes a lower coat 30 including a first coloring material and a bright material, and an upper coat 20 superposed on the lower coat and including a second coloring material. The upper coat and the lower coat have similar colors. The refractive index of a film constituent of the lower coat other than the first coloring material is higher than the refractive index of a film constituent of the upper coat other than the second coloring material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kato, Kana Haruki, Naoto Waku, Kouji Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20190218173
    Abstract: A method for producing N-vinylformamide through a vapor-phase thermal decomposition reaction using an evaporator (10) for evaporating a raw material, a thermal decomposition reactor (20) for thermally decomposing a raw material gas generated by the evaporator (10) and a condenser (30) for condensing a thermally decomposed gas generated by the thermal decomposition reactor (20), wherein the evaporation of the raw material is started in the evaporator (10) while the temperature of a tube wall of a first connection tube (40) that connects the evaporator (10) to the thermal decomposition reactor (20) satisfies a requirement represented by formula (1): (temperature of tube wall (° C.))?0.37×(pressure of evaporator (mmHg))+205.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Noritsugu OOISHI, Kouji TERAMOTO, Yasuharu MORI
  • Publication number: 20190135735
    Abstract: Provided are a method for producing N-(?-alkoxyethyl)formamide, comprising adding an acid catalyst to the mixed liquid within 3 hours from start of mixing after mixing of N-(?-hydroxyethyl)formamide with an alcohol has been started, by which the N-(?-alkoxyethyl)formamide can be produced at a high yield without additional investment in plant and equipment while suppressing an increase in the temperature of the mixed liquid and preventing corrosion of a pipe; and a method for producing N-(?-alkoxyethyl)formamide, comprising degassing carbon dioxide in the reaction of N-(?-hydroxyethyl)formamide with an alcohol, by which the N-(?-alkoxyethyl)formamide having a decreased carbonate concentration can be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji TERAMOTO, Yasuharu MORI, Hitoshi NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 10265727
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a layered coating film comprising a lower coat 30 including a coloring material, an upper coat 20 superposed on the lower coat, and a protective coat 10 superposed on the upper coat. The refractive index of a film constituent of the upper coat is lower than not only that of a film constituent of the lower coat other than the coloring material but also that of a film constituent of the protective coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kato, Kana Haruki, Naoto Waku, Kouji Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20190099781
    Abstract: FF properties of a multilayer coating film configured to exhibit a red color through a lustrous layer (14) and a translucent colored layer (15) are improved to achieve a metallic textured color having a high-quality color tone. The lustrous layer (14) is configured such that Y(10°) is 50 or more and 950 or less and that Y(25°) is 0.05 or more and 0.35 or less times the Y(10°), where Y(10°) represents a Y value, of an XYZ color system, of reflected light measured at a light receiving angle of 10° and Y(25°) represents a Y value of the reflected light measured at the light receiving angle of 25° in a case where a light incident angle is 45°. An inclination of a tangent to the spectrum of the spectral transmittance of the colored layer (15) at the wavelength of 620 nm is 0.012 nm?1 or more and 0.03 nm?1 or less, defined as an absolute value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takakazu YAMANE, Keiichi OKAMOTO, Kouji TERAMOTO, Ryuji NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20190092947
    Abstract: FF properties of a multilayer coating film configured to exhibit a warm color through a lustrous layer (14) and a translucent colored layer (15) are improved to achieve a metallic textured color having a high-quality color tone. The lustrous layer (14) contains, in a mixed state, a high-reflection flake (21) having a visible light reflectance of 90% or more and a low-reflection flake (22) having a visible light reflectance that is half (i.e., ½) or smaller than the visible light reflectance of the high-reflection flake (21) as the luster material. When both of the high-reflection flake (21) and the low-reflection flake (22) are projected on a bottom of the lustrous layer (14), a ratio of a projected area of the flakes (21) and (22) on the bottom of the lustrous layer (14) is 100%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takakazu YAMANE, Keiichi OKAMOTO, Kouji TERAMOTO, Ryuji NONAKA
  • Patent number: 10220598
    Abstract: An multi-layer coating film 12 includes: a luster coat 15 containing a luster material; a color coat 16 applied on the luster coat 15, containing a pigment 21, and having translucency; and a coloring flake 22 included in the luster coat 15 and acting as the luster material to color a surface of a luster flake with a coloring material in the same type of color as a color type of the color coat 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takakazu Yamane, Keiichi Okamoto, Kouji Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20190054498
    Abstract: The multilayer coating film 12 includes a lower coating film 14 and an upper coating film 15. The lightness L* value of the coating film 14 is 30 or less. The coating film 15 contains aluminum flakes 22. The aluminum flakes 22 each have a surface roughness Ra of 30 nm or less and having a thickness of 70 to 150 nm. With respect to the aluminum flakes contained in the coating film 14, 70% by mass or more thereof has a major axis length of 7 to 15 ?m and an aspect ratio of 3 or less. When all the aluminum flakes 22 contained in the coating film 15 are projected on a surface of the coating film 15, a projected area occupancy, which is an area occupancy of the projections of the aluminum flakes 22 on the surface of the coating film 15, is 40 to 90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takakazu YAMANE, Kouji TERAMOTO, Fumi HIRANO, Keiichi OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190047270
    Abstract: FF properties of a multilayer coating film configured to exhibit a warm color through a lustrous layer (14) and a translucent colored layer (15) are improved to achieve a metallic textured color having a high-quality color tone. The lustrous layer (14) is configured such that Y(10°) is 50 or more and 950 or less and that Y(25°) is 0.05 or more and 0.35 or less times the Y(10°), where Y(10°) represents a Y value, of an XYZ color system, of reflected light measured at a light receiving angle of 10° and Y(25°) represents a Y value of the reflected light measured at the light receiving angle of 25° in a case where a light incident angle is 45°. A concentration C of a warm color pigment of the colored layer (15) is 1% by mass or more and 17% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takakazu YAMANE, Keiichi OKAMOTO, Kouji TERAMOTO, Ryuji NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20180312974
    Abstract: A shower plate according to the present disclosure includes a ceramic sintered body, the ceramic sintered body comprising a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, and a through hole positioned between the first surface and the second surface. An inner surface of the through hole includes a protruding crystal grain which protrudes more than an exposed part of a grain boundary phase existing between crystal grains. In addition, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes the shower plate mentioned above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Yukio NOGUCHI, Yuuji KAWASE, Hiromasa MATSUFUJI, Kouji TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180304305
    Abstract: A metallic base coating film 15 is stacked on a colored base coating film 14 provided on a surface of an article to be coated. While the colored base coating film 14 alone is formed on the surface of the article to be coated, a light reflectance at light receiving angles of 15° and 45° is measured to be 2% or below in a wavelength ranging from 450 nm to 700 nm inclusive. On the metallic base coating film 15 alone, the light reflectance measured at the light receiving angle of 15° ranges from 20% to 50% inclusive in the wavelength ranging from 450 nm to 700 nm inclusive, and the light reflectance measured at the light receiving angle of 45° is 2.5% or below in the wavelength ranging from 450 nm to 700 nm inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Takakazu YAMANE, Kouji TERAMOTO, Fumi HIRANO, Keiichi OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180244832
    Abstract: Provided is an active energy ray curable resin which has excellent compatibility with organic solvents, general purpose acrylic monomers, and oligomers, and a high curing property with an active energy ray, and also has a high adhesion property for each substrate. A cured film obtained by ultraviolet curing of the active energy ray curable resin has an excellent surface curing property, scratch resistance and bending resistance, while also having high transparency. Provided is a urethane modified (meth)acrylamide compound having a urethane bond and one or more (meth)acrylamide groups in the molecule. The urethane modified (meth)acrylamide compound has excellent compatibility with organic solvents, general purpose acrylic monomers, and oligomers, and exhibits a high curing property with an active energy ray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: KJ CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miki TAKENOUCHI, Kouji TERAMOTO, Yusuke ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20180244831
    Abstract: An object is to provide a (meth)acrylamide based urethane oligomer which has excellent compatibility with organic solvents and general purpose acrylic monomers and oligomers, a high curing property with an active energy ray, and a low curing shrinkage property, and to provide an active energy ray curable resin composition containing the same which has an excellent adhesion property, moisture resistance, surface curing property, and also a low curing shrinkage property, and a molded article of the same. By using a (meth)acrylamide based urethane oligomer characterized by having a (meth)acrylamide group at the end or in side chain thereof and a cure shrinkage rate of 5% or less, it is possible to prepare a urethane oligomer having high curing property and excellent compatibility with organic solvents and general purpose acrylic monomers and oligomers, and an active energy ray curable resin composition containing the same and having excellent adhesion property can be prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: KJ CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Meiri HIRATA, Miki TAKENOUCHI, Yusuke ADACHI, Kouji TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180194111
    Abstract: The flip-flop properties and the metallic impression are enhanced in a metallic coating. The coating includes a colored base layer formed directly or indirectly on a surface of a coating target, and a bright material-containing layer layered on the colored base layer and containing flaked bright materials and a colorant. The thickness of the bright material-containing layer is 1.5 ?m or more and 6 ?m or less. When all the bright materials present in the bright material-containing layer are projected on a surface of the bright material-containing layer, an area occupancy of projections of the bright materials with respect to the surface of the bright material-containing layer is 30% or more and 90% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takakazu YAMANE, Kouji TERAMOTO, Fumi HIRANO, Keiichi OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180193878
    Abstract: The flip-flop properties and the metallic impression are enhanced in a metallic coating. The coating includes a colored base layer formed directly or indirectly on a surface of a coating target, and a bright material-containing layer containing flaked bright materials and a colorant and layered on the colored base layer. With respect to the bright material-containing layer in a state without the colorant, Y(10°) of the XYZ color system is set to be 50 or more and 850 or less, and Y(20°) is set to be equal to k×Y(10°), where k is in a range of 0.2?k?0.6 and is determined according to the Y(10°). The colorant concentration of the bright material-containing layer is determined according to k.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takakazu YAMANE, Kouji TERAMOTO, Fumi HIRANO, Keiichi OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170291401
    Abstract: An multi-layer coating film 12 includes: a luster coat 15 containing a luster material; a color coat 16 applied on the luster coat 15, containing a pigment 21, and having translucency; and a coloring flake 22 included in the luster coat 15 and acting as the luster material to color a surface of a luster flake with a coloring material in the same type of color as a color type of the color coat 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takakazu YAMANE, Keiichi OKAMOTO, Kouji TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170218206
    Abstract: A multilayer coating film 12 includes a bright layer 15 and a colored layer 16 superposed on the bright layer 15, the bright layer 15 including aluminum flakes 22, and the colored layer 16 including a black pigment 23 dispersed in the colored layer 16. The black pigment 23 in the colored layer 16 has a particle size distribution with a peak at a particle size of 200 nm or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takakazu YAMANE, Keiichi OKAMOTO, Kouji TERAMOTO