Patents by Inventor Masao Sumita

Masao Sumita 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).

  • Publication number: 20160040744
    Abstract: Provided is a damping material capable of exhibiting a damping effect more effective than that of a conventional technique. A composite damping material of the present invention is a material in which a needle-like dielectric having a high dielectric constant made of a titanium dioxide and a piezoelectric fiber made of an organic material are mixed in a polymer material serving as a matrix, and preferably a material in which a flat filler made of an inorganic material and conductive fine particles are further mixed. A material made of a cellulose fiber can be used preferably as the piezoelectric fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Masao SUMITA, Hajime KANEKO, Kazutaka MURASE
  • Patent number: 6680349
    Abstract: An organohybrid-based damping material for controlling unwanted vibration and noise, an organic damping improver exhibiting piezoelectric, dielectric and electroconductive effects, and their producing methods, are provided. The damping material comprises a polymer matrix having a polar side chain and a damping improver composed of a compound containing basic nitrogen and a phenol-based compound. The damping material shows an excellent damping properties, alleviates the functional deterioration, and is applicable to different application temperature regions and wide areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Masao Sumita
    Inventors: Cheng Zhang, Tadashi Miura, Masao Sumita
  • Patent number: 6646042
    Abstract: Provided is a coating composition for damping purposes, capable of forming the thin film applicable to damping and sound absorption at a vibration- or sound-generation section of complex shape, which comprises the following coating components (i), (ii) and (iii): (i) a resin emulsion containing a polar group capable of forming the coating film containing the hydrogen bond which is formed when the polar group comes into contact with an aromatic compound as the following coating component (ii) having the hydrogen bond forming effect, (ii) an aromatic compound which has the effect of forming and controlling the hydrogen bond, and also has at least one hydroxyl group in the molecule, and (iii) an inorganic filler, and also provides a method for producing the same. Also a method of producing the coating composition is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Inventors: Guozhang Wu, Tetsuya Ito, Masao Sumita
  • Publication number: 20030119958
    Abstract: The present invention provides a damping composite material, exhibiting more stable and functional damping effects than the conventional one based on the viscous or functional mechanism to convert mechanical vibrational energy into thermal energy, and also provide a method for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: Masao SUMITA
    Inventors: Cheng Zhang, Tadashi Miura, Masao Sumita
  • Patent number: 6566431
    Abstract: The present invention provides a damping composite material, exhibiting more stable and functional damping effects than the conventional one based on the viscous or frictional mechanism to convert mechanical vibrational energy into thermal energy, and also provide a method for producing the same. The damping material of the present invention comprises at least a material showing piezoelectric, dielectric and electroconductive effects, and an organic polymer matrix material, wherein the material showing piezoelectric, dielectric and electroconductive effects is a compound containing a phenolic group, and the method of the present invention for producing the damping material comprises two steps, one uniformly mixing the material showing piezoelectric, dielectric and electroconductive effects with the organic polymer matrix material at normal temperature or higher, and the other forming the mixture by pressing or drawing at high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Inventors: Cheng Zhang, Tadashi Miura, Masao Sumita
  • Publication number: 20020183432
    Abstract: Provided is a coating composition for damping purposes, capable of forming the thin film applicable to damping and sound absorption at a vibration- or sound-generation section of complex shape, which comprises the following coating components (i), (ii) and (iii):
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Guozhang Wu, Tetsuya Ito, Masao Sumita
  • Publication number: 20020049267
    Abstract: An organohybrid-based damping material for controlling unwanted vibration and noise, an organic damping improver exhibiting piezoelectric, dielectric and electroconductive effects, and their producing methods, are provided. The damping material comprises a polymer matrix having a polar side chain and a damping improver composed of a compound containing basic nitrogen and a phenol-based compound. The damping material shows an excellent damping properties, alleviates the functional deterioration, and is applicable to different application temperature regions and wide areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Cheng Zhang, Tadashi Miura, Masao Sumita
  • Patent number: 6002196
    Abstract: A damping material having a loss factor tan .delta..gtoreq.1 and a small strain amplitude dependence, which is formed by dispersing an organic series dielectric or ferroelectric material in a non-dielectric polymer to have an acicular form wherein the acicular ratio is 5 or more, and the diameter of the acicular dielectric or ferroelectric material is 20 .mu.m or less when it takes a circular acicular form, or a side in cross section of the acicular dielectric or ferroelectric material is 20 .mu.m or less when it takes a rectangular acicular form. The volume ratio of the dielectric or the ferroelectric material to the non-dielectric polymer is preferably 0.3 to 0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Masao Sumita
    Inventors: Masao Sumita, Tadao Tokushima
  • Patent number: 5213736
    Abstract: A process for making an electroconductive polymer composition containing a matrix composed of a mixture of at least two polymers which are incompatible with each other, and an electroconductivity-imparting filler distributed predominantly in the polymer having a higher affinity with the filler. The plastic composition exhibits a higher conductivity than that obtained by blending each of the polymers as the matrix with the same filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Masao Sumita, Yohsuke Hirao, Hirokazu Yamada