Patents by Inventor Masahiko Maeda
Masahiko Maeda 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: 20100227173Abstract: Disclosed is a water-repellent oil-repellent antifouling agent containing a fluorine-containing polymer for a treatment for providing water repellency, oil repellency and antifouling property. The fluorine-containing polymer has a repeating unit (A) derived from a fluorine-containing acrylate monomer, and a repeating unit (B) derived from at least one non-fluorine acrylate monomer selected from the group consisting of a monomer (B1) having a cyclic hydrocarbon group and a monomer (B2) having a short chain hydrocarbon group. This water-repellent oil-repellent antifouling agent has good solubility in solvents, and exhibits excellent effects on various bases, especially on masonries.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2008Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akihiko Ueda, Masahiko Maeda, Tetsuya Masutani
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Publication number: 20100180938Abstract: There is provided a protection cover of solar cell having processability at room temperature, solvent resistance, weather resistance and durability without impairing its transparency, and also a curable fluorine-containing coating composition being capable of forming the protection cover. The curable fluorine-containing coating composition for a protection cover of solar cell comprises (A) a curable fluorine-containing resin, (B) a curing agent and (C) a solvent and is used for forming a top coat layer (III) of a cured article comprising the fluorine-containing resin, in which the top coat layer is provided, directly or via a primer layer (IV), on a transparent resin layer (II) provided on the sunlight irradiation side of a solar cell module (I).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2006Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masaru Nagato, Masahiko Maeda, Masami Kato, Tatsuya Higuchi, Eri Mukai, Tadashi Higashiura
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Publication number: 20100168304Abstract: There is provided a polyester coating composition having excellent action of preventing deposition of outdoor stain and stain caused by rainfall, being capable of extending a period of time (pot life) from the mixing to the coating, and comprising (A) a polyester resin, (B) one or more of fluorine-containing organosilicon compounds having a fluorine content of 5 to 30% by mass, (C) one or more of aliphatic hydrocarbon compounds having hydroxyl group and 1 to 10 carbon atoms, in which a part of hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon atom may be substituted by fluorine atoms and/or one or more of alkoxy compounds having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, in which a part of hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon atom may be substituted by fluorine atoms, and (D) an organic solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicants: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES,LTD., DOW CORNING CORPORATIONInventors: Masaru Nagato, Masahiko Maeda, Tetsuya Masutani, Satoshi Onodera, Eiji Kitaura, Motoshi Sasaki, Peter Cheshire Hupfield
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Publication number: 20100138090Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle 20, an engine 22, motors MG1 and MG2 are controlled so that the engine 22 is operated at a target operation point set at Step 120 based on a torque demand Tr* and the motor MG2 outputs lower power for driving in comparison with a turn-off condition of an ECO switch 88 when the ECO switch 88 is turned on upon driving with power from both the engine 22 and the motor MG2 (Steps S130-S150 and S170-S200).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2007Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiko Jinno, Tadashi Nakagawa, Masahiko Maeda, Hideaki Yaguchi
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Publication number: 20100082190Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle 20, when the ECO switch 88 is turned on, Step S140 determines whether or not a driving state is an economy driving state based on an ECO mode driving state determination map having a tendency not to regard the driving state as the economy driving state in comparison with a normal driving state determination map. A determination result of Step S140 is displayed on a meter display unit 90 in the form of an illumination or an extinction of an ECO mark 95 so as to inform the driving state is the economy driving state or not (Step S180).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2007Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: TOYOTA JISOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiko Jinno, Tadashi Nakagawa, Masahiko Maeda, Hideaki Yaguchi
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Publication number: 20100076657Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle 20, when an ECO switch 88 is “on” when a brake demand operation is performed by a driver, a target regeneration distribution rate d is set using an ECO mode regeneration distribution rate setting map that gives priority to energy efficiency in comparison to a normal regeneration distribution rate setting map that is used when the ECO switch 88 is “off” and a braking force demand BF* that is based on the brake demand operation of the driver (S150), and a motor MG2 and a brake unit 90 are controlled so that the braking force demand BF* is obtained based on the target regeneration distribution rate d (S160 to S230).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2007Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiko Jinno, Tadashi Nakagawa, Masahiko Maeda, Hideaki Yaguchi
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Publication number: 20100076663Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle 20, when an ECO switch 88 is turned off while an intermittent operation of an engine 22 is prohibited in response to a warm-up demand of the engine 22 according to a cooling water temperature Tw or a heating demand, the engine 22 is autonomously operated at a target rotational speed Ne* derived and set from a normal autonomous rotational speed setting map (Steps 170, S190). When the ECO switch 88 is turned on while the warm-up is demanded, the engine 22 is autonomously operated at the target rotational speed Ne* set based on an ECO mode autonomous rotational speed setting map so as to be not more than the value derived from the normal autonomous rotational speed setting map (Steps 180, S190).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2007Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiko Jinno, Tadashi Nakagawa, Masahiko Maeda, Hideaki Yaguchi
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Publication number: 20100038159Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle 20, when the ECO switch 88 is turned on, an intermittent permissive ceiling speed Vref for permitting an intermittent operation of an engine 22 is set to a second vehicle speed more than a first vehicle speed used on a turn-off condition of the ECO switch 88 (S130). The engine 22 and a motor MG2 are controlled so that a driving power equivalent to a torque demand Tr* is ensured with the intermittent operation of the engine 22 when a vehicle speed V is not more than the intermittent permissive ceiling speed Vref (S250,S270,S200-S230).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2007Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiko Jinno, Tadashi Nakagawa, Masahiko Maeda, Hideaki Yaguchi
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Publication number: 20090306284Abstract: A process for coating flexible substrates applying a curable fluorinated copolymer A which is the reaction product of FC and M1) at least one polycarboxylic anhydride and/or M2) at least a monofunctional isocyanate, wherein FC is a curable fluorinated copolymer on the basis of FC1) at least one fluorinated olefin having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, FC2) at least one non-fluorinated olefin having OH-groups and optionally carboxyl groups and FC3) at least one non-fluorinated, hydroxyl group free olefin having optionally carboxyl groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2006Publication date: December 10, 2009Inventors: Jürgen Reiners, Tillmann Hassel, Rodger Maier, Akihiko Ueda, Masaru Nagato, Masahiko Maeda
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Publication number: 20090306843Abstract: When determined that a driver's accelerator operation is rough during the turn-on condition of an ECO switch 88 while a hybrid vehicle 20 is driven without an operation of an engine 22 (Step S120), a threshold value Pref with respect to a power demand P* is set to a value P2 that is larger than a value P1 of the turn-off condition of the ECO switch 88 so as to give priority to fuel consumption of the engine 22 (Step S140). Then, the engine 22, motors MG1 and MG2 are controlled with a start of the engine 22 as necessary so as to ensure torque equivalent to a torque demand Tr* (Steps S150-S230).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2007Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiko Jinno, Tadashi Nakagawa, Masahiko Maeda, Hideakl Yaguchi
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Publication number: 20090253329Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-resistant nonwoven fabric wherein the nonwoven fabric is formed from a poly(phenylene sulfide) fiber, and 30% by weight or more of the poly(phenylene sulfide) fiber has a crystallinity of 25 to 50%. Moreover, the properties of the heat-resistant nonwoven fabric can be further improved by making the nonwoven fabric have a multilayer structure in which layers composed of a poly(phenylene sulfide) filamentary fiber and layers composed of a poly(phenylene sulfide) fine fiber are stacked and integrated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2007Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: ASAHI KASEI FIBERS CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiyuki Shimizu, Masahiko Maeda
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Publication number: 20080207860Abstract: The application to a masonry of a fluorine-containing polymer comprising (1) a fluoroalkyl group-containing monomer, and (2) a silicon-containing monomer in the amount of 2.0 to 6.0% by weight based on the polymer, can give a masonry having excellent water- and oil-repellency and soil resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Teruyuki FUKUDA, Masahiko Maeda
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Patent number: 7378032Abstract: A paint composition for leather comprising a fluorine-containing resin and a silicone oil, and a paint composition for leather comprising a curable fluorine-containing resin, a curing agent and a silicone oil can have both soft feeling of a leather itself and film properties such as soil resistance and abrasion resistance.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2003Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Ueda, Masahiko Maeda
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Publication number: 20080085416Abstract: There is provided a laminated article having a coating film surface being excellent in sliding property, transparency, abrasion resistance, stain-proofing property and chemical resistance, particularly a laminated article having a silicone rubber substrate. The laminated article comprises a substrate (III), a primer layer (II) provided on the substrate (III) and a top coat layer (I) provided directly on the primer layer (II), in which the top coat layer (I) is formed with a cured article of the top coat composition comprising (A) a curable fluorine-containing resin, (B) a curing agent and (C) a coupling agent comprising a functional group-containing silane coupling agent and/or an aluminum chelating agent, and the primer layer (II) is formed with a primer composition comprising (D) a polydiorganosiloxane, (E) a polyorganosiloxane resin and (F) a coupling agent comprising a functional group-containing silane coupling agent and/or an aluminum chelating agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2005Publication date: April 10, 2008Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masaru Nagato, Masahiko Maeda, Teruhito Maruyama
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Publication number: 20070197717Abstract: A treating agent containing a fluoropolymer for use in masonry treatment obtained from (A) a fluoromonomer, (B) a monomer having at least one acid group selected from the group consisting of carboxy, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, sulfate, sulfo, and sulfino groups, and (C) a non-fluorinated monomer containing a hydrophobic group. The treating agent imparts to a masonry excellent water- and oil-repellency and excellent unsusceptibility to fouling.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2005Publication date: August 23, 2007Inventors: Akihiko Ueda, Teruyuki Fukuda, Koji Nagashima, Masahiko Maeda
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Publication number: 20070066780Abstract: A fluoropolymer for masonry treatment produced from (A) a fluoromonomer which has been substituted in the ?-position by a X group and is represented by the formula (I): and (B) a monomer having a functional group reactive with active hydrogen. It imparts excellent water- and oil-repellency and unsusceptibility to fouling to masonries.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2004Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Akihiko Ueda, Masahiko Maeda, Teruyuki Fukuda, Tetsuya Masutani
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Publication number: 20060215615Abstract: Multiplying circuits 101 to 105, storage circuits 111 to 115, first selection circuits 131 to 135, adding circuits 121 to 125 and second selection circuits 141 to 145 arranged on 16-stage data paths constitute calculation circuits to execute correlation processing on respective data paths. 16-bit codes that are basic structures of a PSC and SSC generated in code generating circuit 170 as despreading codes are constant in repetition characteristics of positive bits and negative bits, and it is thus possible to execute the correlation processing on received data with a one-chip mutual shift in sixteen calculation circuits. It is thereby possible to execute the correlation processing at desired timings in the first step, second step and third step processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2004Publication date: September 28, 2006Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Masahiko Maeda
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Publication number: 20060150863Abstract: A paint composition for leather comprising a fluorine-containing resin and a silicone oil, and a paint composition for leather comprising a curable fluorine-containing resin, a curing agent and a silicone oil can have both soft feeling of a leather itself and film properties such as soil resistance and abrasion resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2003Publication date: July 13, 2006Inventors: Akihiko Ueda, Masahiko Maeda
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Patent number: 6338536Abstract: A door opening device for a food storage apparatus such as a household refrigerator includes a generally cylindrical coil unit mounted on a body of the storage apparatus and having an axially extending through hole, a plunger mounted in the hole of the coil unit so as to be axially moved with respect to the coil unit, the plunger being moved in a direction when the coil unit is energized, and a pushing member mounted on one axial end of the plunger so as to be moved with the plunger, the pushing member pushing the door in an opening direction against an attractive force of the magnet gasket when moved in the one direction with the plunger.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2000Date of Patent: January 15, 2002Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Shunji Ueno, Takehisa Okamoto, Yasushi Takagi, Masahiko Maeda, Koichi Nagao
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Patent number: 6303471Abstract: After a reinforcing plate is bonded to the lower surface of a semiconductor substrate having a major surface on which integrated circuits are formed, the reinforcing plate is cut in units of integrated circuit chips. A reinforcing member is formed from the reinforcing plate bonded to the lower surface of each integrated circuit chip.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1999Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Hideyuki Unno, Manabu Itsumi, Shin-ichi Ohfuji, Masahiko Maeda