Patents by Inventor Masanao Matsuoka

Masanao Matsuoka 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: 10434752
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an organic glass laminate that exhibits excellent weathering resistance and abrasion resistance, and that can be used as an exterior member. This organic glass laminate comprises at least the following, in order: an organic glass base, a cured layer formed from the cured product of a resin composition, which comprises a curable resin and a UV absorber agent; and an inorganic oxide film. The glass transition temperature of the cured product which constitutes the cured layer is adjusted to 80-160° C., and the thickness of the inorganic oxide film is set to at least 0.01 ?m and less than 0.5 ?m, whereby weathering resistance and abrasion resistance are significantly improved, and the organic glass laminate is made suitable for use as an exterior member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunji Fukuda, Junichi Tamuki, Wataru Saitou, Kazuyuki Takasawa, Taro Morimoto, Keisuke Koyama, Misato Kamei, Masanao Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20170320295
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an organic glass laminate that exhibits excellent weathering resistance and abrasion resistance, and that can be used as an exterior member. This organic glass laminate comprises at least the following, in order: an organic glass base, a cured layer formed from the cured product of a resin composition, which comprises a curable resin and a UV absorber agent; and an inorganic oxide film. The glass transition temperature of the cured product which constitutes the cured layer is adjusted to 80-160° C., and the thickness of the inorganic oxide film is set to at least 0.01 ?m and less than 0.5 ?m, whereby weathering resistance and abrasion resistance are significantly improved, and the organic glass laminate is made suitable for use as an exterior member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Shunji Fukuda, Junichi Tamuki, Wataru Saitou, Kazuyuki Takasawa, Taro Morimoto, Keisuke Koyama, Misato Kamei, Masanao Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8202759
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method of an organic semiconductor device comprising a step of transferring an organic semiconductor layer to a gate insulation layer by a thermal transfer at a liquid crystal phase transition temperature of a liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material, and the step uses: an organic semiconductor layer-transferring substrate comprising a parting substrate having parting properties, and the organic semiconductor layer formed on the parting substrate and containing the liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material; and a substrate for forming an organic semiconductor device comprising a substrate, a gate electrode formed on the substrate, and the gate insulation layer formed to cover the gate electrode and having alignment properties which are capable of aligning the liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material on a surface of the gate insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Tomino, Masanao Matsuoka, Tomomi Suzuki, Hiroki Maeda
  • Patent number: 8202771
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an organic semiconductor device including an organic semiconductor transistor formation process, wherein the process includes: an organic semiconductor layer formation step of using a substrate to form an organic semiconductor layer made of an organic semiconductor material on the substrate; a passivation layer formation step of forming pattern-wise on the organic semiconductor layer a passivation layer having an ability of shielding vacuum ultraviolet light and an organic semiconductor layer patterning step of irradiating vacuum ultraviolet light to the passivation layer and to the organic semiconductor layer to etch the organic semiconductor layer corresponding to a part where the passivation layer is not formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Nagae, Hironori Kobayashi, Masanao Matsuoka, Hiroyuki Honda
  • Publication number: 20120070945
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an organic semiconductor device including: a substrate; a source electrode and a drain electrode which are formed on the substrate; an insulation partitioned part which is formed on the source electrode and the drain electrode, formed such that an opening part of the insulation partitioned part is disposed above a channel region formed by the source electrode and the drain electrode; an organic semiconductor layer which is formed in the opening part of the insulation partitioned part and on the source electrode and the drain electrode; a gate insulation layer which is formed on the organic semiconductor layer and made of an insulation resin material; and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulation layer, and the insulation partitioned part has a height ranging from 0.1 ?m to 1.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HONDA, Masanao MATSUOKA, Mitsutaka NAGAE, Hironori KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 7935828
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the provision of a novel liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material that is highly stable under an film forming environment and, at the same time, can easily form a film, for example, by coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Tomino, Shigeru Sugawara, Hiroki Maeda, Masanao Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20110053313
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method of an organic semiconductor device comprising a step of transferring an organic semiconductor layer to a gate insulation layer by a thermal transfer at a liquid crystal phase transition temperature of a liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material, and the step uses: an organic semiconductor layer-transferring substrate comprising a parting substrate having parting properties, and the organic semiconductor layer formed on the parting substrate and containing the liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material; and a substrate for forming an organic semiconductor device comprising a substrate, a gate electrode formed on the substrate, and the gate insulation layer formed to cover the gate electrode and having alignment properties which are capable of aligning the liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material on a surface of the gate insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Ken Tomino, Masanao Matsuoka, Tomomi Suzuki, Hiroki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20100244015
    Abstract: A major object of the present invention is to provide an organic semiconductor device which is provided with an organic semiconductor transistor having good transistor performance and is producible with high productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HONDA, Masanao MATSUOKA, Mitsutaka NAGAE, Hironori KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20100224869
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the provision of a liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material, which is highly stable under a film forming environment and, at the same time, can easily form a film, for example, by coating. The liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material comprises: a thiophene skeleton comprising 3 to 6 thiophenes linearly connected to each other; and an identical alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms located on both sides of the thiophene skeleton, wherein acetylene skeletons each have been introduced into between the thiophene skeleton and the alkyl group, or acetylene skeletons have been introduced symmetrically into the thiophene skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Tomino, Shigeru Sugawara, Hiroki Maeda, Masanao Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 7408188
    Abstract: An organic semiconductor material characterized by having a structure represented by chemical formula 1, the planarity of a main chain A1-X-A2 being disintegrated by steric hindrance between B1 and X and steric hindrance between B2 and X, the organic semiconductor material having a number average molecular weight of about 2,000 to about 200,000: wherein A1, A2, B1, B2 and X each have a skeleton structure comprising L 6 ? electron rings, M 8 ? electron rings, N 10 ? electron rings, O 12 ? electron rings, P 14 ? electron rings, Q 16 ? electron rings, R 18 ? electron rings, S 20 ? electron rings, T 22 ? electron rings, U 24 ? electron rings, and V 26 ? electron rings, wherein L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V are each an integer of 0 (zero) to 6 and L+M+N+O+P+Q+R+S+T+U+V=1 to 6; and B1 and B2 have an alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Sugawara, Hiroki Maeda, Ken Tomino, Masanao Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20080128685
    Abstract: A major object of the present invention is to provide an organic semiconductor device which is provided with an organic semiconductor transistor having good transistor performance and is producible with high productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HONDA, Masanao MATSUOKA, Mitsutaka NAGAE, Hironori KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20080119010
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing method of an organic semiconductor device, wherein the method enabling an organic semiconductor layer to be patterned simply with high productivity and also enabling an organic semiconductor device having an organic semiconductor transistor to be produced with high productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Mitsutaka NAGAE, Hironori KOBAYASHI, Masanao MATSUOKA, Hiroyuki HONDA
  • Publication number: 20080093594
    Abstract: The present invention mainly intends to provide an organic semiconductor device having an organic semiconductor transistor reduced in off current. In order to achieve the object, the present invention provides an organic semiconductor device comprising a substrate and an organic semiconductor transistor provided with a gate electrode formed on the substrate, a gate insulation layer formed on the gate electrode, source and drain electrodes which are porous bodies and are formed on the gate insulation layer and an organic semiconductor layer which is made of an organic semiconductor material and formed only between the source and drain electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HONDA, Hironori KOBAYASHI, Masanao MATSUOKA, Mitsutaka NAGAE
  • Publication number: 20070128763
    Abstract: This invention is directed to the provision of a method for organic semiconductor layer formation that can easily form a uniform thin film, by coating, which has good charge mobility and a high level of alignment. The method for organic semiconductor layer formation is characterized by comprising the steps of: forming a coating film in a mixed liquid crystal state using a mixture, which can exhibit a thermotropic mixed liquid crystal phase, prepared by mixing an organic semiconductor material with a solvent; and either cooling the coating film to a temperature at which the coating film does not exhibit any mixed liquid crystal state, or removing the solvent while cooling the coating film, to form an organic semiconductor layer comprising a smectic liquid crystal phase or a crystal phase of the organic semiconductor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Tomino, Shigeru Sugawara, Hiroki Maeda, Masanao Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20070128764
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the provision of a novel liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material that is highly stable under an film forming environment and, at the same time, can easily form a film, for example, by coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Tomino, Shigeru Sugawara, Hiroki Maeda, Masanao Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20070045614
    Abstract: An organic semiconductor material characterized by having a structure represented by chemical formula 1, the planarity of a main chain A1-X-A2 being disintegrated by steric hindrance between B1 and X and steric hindrance between B2 and X, the organic semiconductor material having a number average molecular weight of about 2,000 to about 200,000: wherein A1, A2, B1, B2 and X each have a skeleton structure comprising L 6 ? electron rings, M 8 ? electron rings, N 10 ? electron rings, O 12 ? electron rings, P 14 ? electron rings, Q 16 ? electron rings, R 18 ? electron rings, S 20 ? electron rings, T 22 ? electron rings, U 24 ? electron rings, and V 26 ? electron rings, wherein L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V are each an integer of 0 (zero) to 6 and L+M+N+O+P+Q+R+S+T+U+V=1 to 6; and B1 and B2 have an alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Sugawara, Hiroki Maeda, Ken Tomino, Masanao Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20070045613
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the provision of a liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material, which is highly stable under a film forming environment and, at the same time, can easily form a film, for example, by coating. The liquid crystalline organic semiconductor material comprises: a thiophene skeleton comprising 3 to 6 thiophenes linearly connected to each other; and an identical alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms located on both sides of the thiophene skeleton, wherein acetylene skeletons each have been introduced into between the thiophene skeleton and the alkyl group, or acetylene skeletons have been introduced symmetrically into the thiophene skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Tomino, Shigeru Sugawara, Hiroki Maeda, Masanao Matsuoka