Patents by Inventor Kusato Hirota

Kusato Hirota 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: 9079381
    Abstract: A gas barrier film is provided comprising a base film of polyester provided, on at least one of its surfaces, with a deposited layer of an inorganic compound and a gas barrier layer of a copolymer resin composition formed on the former. The gas barrier layer is produced from a mixture of a base material composed at least of the two components of (a) an unsaturated nitrile that accounts for 10% to 30% by mass of the copolymer and (b) an unsaturated compound with a hydroxyl group that accounts for 30% to 70% by mass of the copolymer; (c) a curing agent that contains a compound with an isocyanate group; and (d) a compound that has either two or more carboxylic acid groups or one or more carboxylic anhydride groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Uebayashi, Takashi Arai, Kusato Hirota
  • Patent number: 8449982
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas barrier film where a polyurethane resin layer and an inorganic layer are disposed in this order from a polyester resin film side on at least one surface of a polyester resin film, wherein the polyurethane resin constituting said polyurethane resin layer is a resin containing a skeleton represented by the following formula (1) and/or the following formula (2). The present invention provides a gas barrier film having excellent oxygen insulation and water vapor insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Arai, Yasushi Tateishi, Saori Sumi, Kusato Hirota
  • Publication number: 20120288708
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas barrier film where a polyurethane type resin layer and an inorganic layer are disposed in this order from a polyester type resin film side on at least one surface of a polyester type resin film, wherein the polyurethane type resin constituting said polyurethane type resin layer is a resin containing a skeleton represented by the following formula (1) and/or the following formula (2). The present invention provides a gas barrier film having excellent oxygen insulation and water vapor insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Takashi ARAI, Yasushi Tateishi, Saori Sumi, Kusato Hirota
  • Publication number: 20120227795
    Abstract: The film for a backside sealing sheet of a solar cell includes a base film with at least one of its surfaces being laminated with a resin layer containing a resin produced through copolymerization of an acrylic polyol resin with an ultraviolet absorbent and/or a light stabilizer, along with a conductive material and a coloring pigment, wherein the conductive material accounts for 5 to 20 mass % of the total mass of the resin layer, and the resin layer has a surface resistivity of 1.0×109 to 1.0 to 1015 ?/square.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kameda, Takashi Arai, Kusato Hirota
  • Patent number: 8252421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas barrier film where a polyurethane type resin layer and an inorganic layer are disposed in this order from a polyester type resin film side on at least one surface of a polyester type resin film, wherein the polyurethane type resin constituting said polyurethane type resin layer is a resin containing a skeleton represented by the following formula (1) and/or the following formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Arai, Yasushi Tateishi, Saori Sumi, Kusato Hirota
  • Publication number: 20110259390
    Abstract: A film for solar battery backside sealing component includes a resin layer containing a resin produced by copolymerizing an acrylic polyol resin, an ultraviolet absorber, and a photostabilizing agent, along with a color pigment and a plasticizer, that is laminated to at least one side of a base film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Arai, Shunsuke Kameda, Ayuko Nakajima, Masakazu Noguchi, Kusato Hirota
  • Publication number: 20110259389
    Abstract: A film for solar battery backside sealing sheet includes a resin layer containing a resin produced by copolymerizing an acrylic polyol resin, an ultraviolet absorber, and a photostabilizing agent, along with an antistatic agent, laminated to at least one side of a base film, wherein the antistatic agent in the resin layer accounts for 1 to 30 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the resin produced by copolymerizing an acrylic polyol resin, an ultraviolet absorber, and a photostabilizing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Arai, Ayuko Nakajima, Kusato Hirota
  • Publication number: 20110236706
    Abstract: A gas barrier film is provided comprising a base film of polyester provided, on at least one of its surfaces, with a deposited layer of an inorganic compound and a gas barrier layer of a copolymer resin composition formed on the former. The gas barrier layer is produced from a mixture of a base material composed at least of the two components of (a) an unsaturated nitrile that accounts for 10% to 30% by mass of the copolymer and (b) an unsaturated compound with a hydroxyl group that accounts for 30% to 70% by mass of the copolymer; (c) a curing agent that contains a compound with an isocyanate group; and (d) a compound that has either two or more carboxylic acid groups or one or more carboxylic anhydride groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Uebayashi, Takashi Arai, Kusato Hirota
  • Patent number: 7947330
    Abstract: A production method of a film of the present invention is a production method of a film, in which after a polymer base is wound off, metal is evaporated, and an oxygen gas is introduced and the inorganic compound layer is formed in an excitation atmosphere of an organic silicon compound containing gas when an inorganic compound layer is formed on the surface of a polymer base. The production method of a film of the present invention can produce a film having a high gas barrier property against an oxygen gas, a water vapor and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kusato Hirota, Yasushi Tateishi
  • Publication number: 20100177456
    Abstract: A metalized film for a capacitor, wherein a coating layer including a silicone composition as a constituent and a metallic layer are laminated on at least one surface of a polymer film in the order from the polymer film side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Ryo Miyamoto, Kusato Hirota
  • Publication number: 20090263654
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas barrier film where a polyurethane type resin layer and an inorganic layer are disposed in this order from a polyester type resin film side on at least one surface of a polyester type resin film, wherein the polyurethane type resin constituting said polyurethane type resin layer is a resin containing a skeleton represented by the following formula (1) and/or the following formula (2). The present invention provides a gas barrier film having excellent oxygen insulation and water vapor insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Takashi Arai, Yasushi Tateishi, Saori Sumi, Kusato Hirota
  • Publication number: 20080160296
    Abstract: A production method of a film of the present invention is a production method of a film, in which after a polymer base is wound off, metal is evaporated, and an oxygen gas is introduced and the inorganic compound layer is formed in an excitation atmosphere of an organic silicon compound containing gas when an inorganic compound layer is formed on the surface of a polymer base. The production method of a film of the present invention can produce a film having a high gas barrier property against an oxygen gas, a water vapor and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kusato Hirota, Yasushi Tateishi
  • Publication number: 20080070043
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a gas barrier resin composition which is free from halogen and which has excellent gas barrier properties, and a gas barrier film. The gas barrier resin composition includes: a polymer (A) whose repeating unit contains a functional group with active hydrogen and/or a polar functional group with hetero atom; and an organic compound (B) containing, in its molecule, a functional group with active hydrogen and/or a polar functional group with hetero atom. The gas barrier film includes the gas barrier resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: TORY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Arai, Yasushi Tateishi, Kusato Hirota
  • Patent number: 6727001
    Abstract: A laminated film is provided which is constituted essentially of a resin substrate and a coated film disposed thereon. The coated film comprises a montmorillonite containing a cation exchanger other than sodium ions and a water-soluble polymer. The laminated film offers a high oxygen-permeability barrier at high humidity and firm bonding between the coated film and the resin substrate at high humidity. A packaging material derived from the laminated film is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Motonori Hochi, Shigeru Tanaka, Kusato Hirota
  • Publication number: 20030031883
    Abstract: A laminated film is provided which is constituted essentially of a resin substrate and a coated film disposed thereon. The coated film comprises a montmorillonite containing a cation exchanger other than sodium ions and a water-soluble polymer. The laminated film offers a high oxygen-permeability barrier at high humidity and firm bonding between the coated film and the resin substrate at high humidity. A packaging material derived from the laminated film is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Motonori Hochi, Shigeru Tanaka, Kusato Hirota
  • Patent number: 6300039
    Abstract: Phase-change type rewritable optical recording media, such as optical discs, optical cards, and optical tapes, where recorded data can be erased or overwritten and where data can be recorded with high speed and high density by applying a light beam can include an optical recording medium is one that includes a laminate member, which in various embodiments contains a transparent substrate, a first dielectric layer, a recording layer, a second dielectric layer, a light absorbing layer, and/or a reflecting layer. In various embodiments of the invention, the shortest distance between recorded marks in the recording direction along the track is less than &lgr;/NA, with &lgr; and NA denoting the wavelength of the light used and the numerical aperture of the objective lens of the optical head, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gentaro Ohbayashi, Hitoshi Nobumasa, Kusato Hirota, Kunihisa Nagino, Futoshi Okuyama
  • Patent number: 5888680
    Abstract: An optical recording medium having each of a land and a groove and comprises at least a recording layer, dielectric layers and reflection layer. Recording and erasing of data can be carried out on both land and groove by a phase change between amorphous and crystalline states. The mirror portion may have reflectance characteristics selected from at least one of a reflectance of more than 15% and no more than 35%, when in a crystalline state, and 10% or less, when in an amorphous state. Alternatively, additionally, the depth of the groove may be such as to form an optical path length equal to 1/7 to 1/5 of the wavelength of the reproducing light and the photo-absorbance of the recording layer in the amorphous phase and the photo-absorbance in the crystalline phase may satisfy the following formula, Aa-Ac.ltoreq.10 where Aa is the photo-absorbance (%) of the recording layer in the amorphous phase and Ac is the photo-absorbance (%) of the recording layer in the crystalline phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gentaro Ohbayashi, Hitoshi Nobumasa, Kunihisa Nagino, Kusato Hirota, Takao Amioka
  • Patent number: 5863702
    Abstract: An optical recording medium having each of a land and a groove and comprises at least a recording layer, dielectric layers and reflection layer. Recording and erasing of data can be carried out on both land and groove by a phase change between amorphous and crystalline states. The mirror portion may have reflectance characteristics selected from at least one of a reflectance of more than 15% and no more than 35%, when in a crystalline state, and 10% or less, when in an amorphous state. Alternatively, additionally, the depth of the groove may be such as form an optical path length equal to 1/7 to 1/5 of the wavelength of the reproducing light and the photo-absorbance of the recording layer in the amorphous phase and the photo-absorbance in the crystalline phase may satisfy the following formula,Aa-Ac.ltoreq.10where Aa is the photo-absorbance (%) of the recording layer in the amorphous phase and Ac is the photo-absorbance (%) of the recording layer in the crystalline phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gentaro Ohbayashi, Hitoshi Nobumasa, Kunihisa Nagino, Kusato Hirota, Takao Amioka
  • Patent number: 5840466
    Abstract: An optical recording medium, wherein a recording layer is formed on a substrate to which a light beam is applied to record, erase, and read data with said recording and erasing of data being carried out by means of phase changes between amorphous and crystalline, and which recording medium has a laminated structure made up of a transparent substrate on which at least a first dielectric layer, recording layer, second dielectric layer, and reflecting layer are formed in this order; and the second dielectric layer not being transparent.Said optical recording media permit low-power recording and erasing, remain stable after repeated recording and erasing, and hardly suffer deterioration in performance or formation of defects. They are high in resistance to moist heat and oxidation and long in service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihisa Nonaka, Gentaro Ohbayashi, Kusato Hirota
  • Patent number: 5695866
    Abstract: An optical recording medium comprising a substrate and, provided thereon, a recording layer and a dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer comprises a dielectric comprised of a chalcogenide and carbon (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Toray Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Watanabe, Gentaro Ohbayashi, Kusato Hirota