Patents by Inventor Masao Unoki

Masao Unoki 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: 7414084
    Abstract: A composition which can improve impact resistance of a coating film while maintaining superior weather resistance and gloss of the coating film of a fluororesin powder coating material is provided. A fluororesin powder coating composition containing the following particles (C) in an amount of from 0.1 to 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of a fluororesin. The particles (C) are particles having a core/shell structure and having an average particle size of from 0.01 to 2.5 ?m, wherein the core and/or at least one shell comprises a fluorinated polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masaru Yamaguchi, Sho Masuda, Masao Unoki
  • Patent number: 7153907
    Abstract: A composition for fluororesin powder coating material, with which a coating film having an excellent matte effect is obtainable without impairing features of fluororesins including excellent weather resistance, and a process for its production, are presented. The composition for fluororesin powder coating material comprises at least two curing systems each comprising a fluororesin having crosslinkable sites and a curing agent reactive to the crosslinkable sites, wherein the respective curing systems substantially independently react and crosslink, and the crosslinking reaction time of one curing system is different by at least 20 seconds from the crosslinking reaction time of other curing system(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akihiko Asakawa, Masaru Yamauchi, Sho Masuda, Masao Unoki
  • Publication number: 20040266914
    Abstract: A composition which can improve impact resistance of a coating film while maintaining superior weather resistance and gloss of the coating film of a fluororesin powder coating material is provided. A fluororesin powder coating composition containing the following particles (C) in an amount of from 0.1 to 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of a fluororesin. The particles (C) are particles having a core/shell structure and having an average particle size of from 0.01 to 2.5 &mgr;m, wherein the core and/or at least one shell comprises a fluorinated polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaru Yamauchi, Sho Masuda, Masao Unoki
  • Publication number: 20040176543
    Abstract: A composition for fluororesin powder coating material, with which a coating film having an excellent matte effect is obtainable without impairing features of fluororesins including excellent weather resistance, and a process for its production, are presented. The composition for fluororesin powder coating material comprises at least two curing systems each comprising a fluororesin having crosslinkable sites and a curing agent reactive to the crosslinkable sites, wherein the respective curing systems substantially independently react and crosslink, and the crosslinking reaction time of one curing system is different by at least 20 seconds from the crosslinking reaction time of other curing system(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihiko Asakawa, Masaru Yamauchi, Sho Masuda, Masao Unoki
  • Patent number: 6311523
    Abstract: A process for forming a glass sheet, which is a process for continuously forming a glass sheet, and which comprises a step of introducing a vapor film-forming agent, which is not vapor at least around room temperature and which is vapor at a temperature above the glass transition point of the glass, into a support composed of a structure or a material capable of internally containing liquid, and a step of sliding the support and the glass of which temperature is above the glass transition point against each other via a thin layer of a vaporized vapor film-forming agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Gen Kojima, Tsutomu Koyama, Akira Takada, Masao Unoki, Kiyoshi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 6101845
    Abstract: A process for forming a glass sheet, which is a process for continuously forming a glass sheet, and which comprises a step of introducing a vapor film-forming agent, which is not vapor at least around room temperature and which is vapor at a temperature above the glass transition point of the glass, into a support composed of a structure or a material capable of internally containing liquid, and a step of sliding the support and the glass of which temperature is above the glass transition point against each other via a thin layer of a vaporized vapor film-forming agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Gen Kojima, Tsutomu Koyama, Akira Takada, Masao Unoki, Kiyoshi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 5510406
    Abstract: A fluoropolymer composition for coating, which comprises a polymer having a fluorine-containing cycloaliphatic structure and at least one coupling group in its molecule and a solvent for dissolving said polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Matsuo, Masaru Yamauchi, Nobuko Matsunaga, Shunsuke Yokotsuka, Masao Unoki
  • Patent number: 5439896
    Abstract: A thermosetting powdery coating composition which comprises, in admixture: (A) from 40 to 98 parts by weight of a fluorine-containing copolymer, which is a copolymer of a fluoroolefin and a comonomer having a crosslinkable reactive group, e.g., hydroxy, carboxyl, amino and glycidyl groups, containing at least 10% by weight of fluorine and having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.05-2 dl/g (30.degree. C., tetrahydrofuran), a glass transition temperature of 30.degree.-120.degree. C. and a weight loss by heating which does not exceed 2% and (B) from 60 to 2 parts by weight of a curing agent capable of forming crosslinks by reacting with the crosslinkable reactive groups in (A), except for the composition wherein (A) is a hydroxyl group and a weight loss by heating which does not exceed 2% and (B) is a blocked isocyanate compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignees: Nippon Oil and Fats Company, Limited, Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruki Ito, Kenzou Maeda, Nobuyuki Miyazaki, Masao Unoki, Chiaki Sagawa, Motoi Kamba
  • Patent number: 5356739
    Abstract: A stainproof protector for preventing a mask for lithography from staining, which has a protective film made of a polymer having a fluorine-containing aliphatic cyclic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Kawasaki, Masao Unoki, Masaru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5312716
    Abstract: A process for producing a semiconductor having a thin film of a fluorine resin as a protective film, which comprises coating on the surface of a fluorine resin a photoresist solution containing a surfactant, followed by exposure, development and etching for fine processing of the fluorine resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Unoki, Shunsuke Yokotsuka, Masaru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5147934
    Abstract: The thermosetting powdery coating composition of the invention comprises (A) from 40 to 98 parts by weight of a fluorinecontaining copolymer, which is a copolymer of a fluoroolefin and a comonomer having a crosslinkable reactive group, e.g., hydroxy, carbonyl, amino and glycidyl groups, containing at least 10% by weight of fluorine and having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.05-2 dl/g (30.degree. C., tetrahydrofuran) and a glass transition temperature of 30.degree.-120.degree. C. and (B) from 60 to 2 parts by weight of a curing agent capable of forming crosslinks by reacting with the crosslinkable reactive groups in (A). The powdery coating composition of the invention is excellent in the dispersibility of pigments and efficiency in the coating works therewith and capable of giving a coating film having improved adhesion to the substrate surface, surface luster, impact resistance and insusceptibility to stain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignees: Nippon Oil and Fats Company, Limited, Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruki Ito, Kenzou Maeda, Nobuyuki Miyazaki, Masao Unoki, Chiaki Sagawa, Motoi Kamba
  • Patent number: 5117272
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a protective film made of a polymer having a fluorine-containing aliphatic cyclic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignees: Asahi Glass Company Ltd., NMB Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinzou Nomura, Hiroshi Katsushima, Toru Kawasaki, Masao Unoki, Masaru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 4943614
    Abstract: A coating composition comprising a fluorine-containing copolymer obtained by copolymerizing a fluoroolefin, an N-vinyl-lactam, a monomer having a cross-linkable functional group and other monomers copolymerizable therewith in a proportion of from 30 to 70 mol%, from 5 to 68 mol%, from 2 to 40 mol% and from 0 to 63 mol%, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Miyazaki, Masao Unoki, Seiji Munekata
  • Patent number: 4931505
    Abstract: A coating composition comprising:(A) a fluorine-containing copolymer having a fluorine content based on fluoroolefin of at least 10% by weight, and(B) a fluorine-containing copolymer of a polyfluorocarbon chain-containing monomer with a hydrophilic group-containing monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Miyazaki, Masao Unoki, Seiji Munekata
  • Patent number: 4804246
    Abstract: A plastic-clad light-transmitting fiber consisting essentially of a core of quartz glass or optical glass and a clad of plastic material, characterized in that said clad of plastic material is a cured body of a solvent-soluble fluoroolefin polymer having curable sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyoshi Kobayashi, Seiji Munekata, Masao Unoki, Toshio Iwamoto