Patents by Inventor Masashi Higuchi

Masashi Higuchi 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: 7402638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a propylene random copolymer which satisfies the following requirements [1] to [4], and to various useful molded products obtained by molding the propylene random copolymer: [1] the concentration (Pa, % by mole) of a skeletal constituent derived from propylene (a), and the concentration (Px, % by mole) of a skeletal constituent derived from at least one olefin selected from ethylene (b) and ?-olefins having 4 to 20 carbon atoms (c), each of which is contained in the propylene random copolymer, satisfy the following relational expressions (Eq-1) to (Eq-3): 85?Pa<100??(Eq-1) 0<Px?15??(Eq-2) Pa+Px=100;??(Eq-3) [2] the concentration (Pa, % by mole) of the skeletal constituent derived from propylene (a) contained in the propylene random copolymer, and the melting point (Tm) measured with a differential scanning calorimeter satisfy the following relational expression (Eq-4): 135?4×(100?Pa)<Tm<165?4×(100?Pa);??(Eq-4) [3] the total amount of 2,1-bonded and 1,3-bon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuji Matsumura, Keita Itakura, Satoshi Hashizume, Akihiro Inukai, Kouichirou Yamamoto, Ayako Kadosaka, Yoshio Sasaki, Masashi Higuchi, Hiroshi Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20060222849
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a propylene random copolymer which satisfies the following requirements [1] to [4], and to various useful molded products obtained by molding the propylene random copolymer: [1] the concentration (Pa, % by mole) of a skeletal constituent derived from propylene (a), and the concentration (Px, % by mole) of a skeletal constituent derived from at least one olefin selected from ethylene (b) and ?-olefins having 4 to 20 carbon atoms (c), each of which is contained in the propylene random copolymer, satisfy the following relational expressions (Eq-1) to (Eq-3): 85?Pa<100 ??(Eq-1) 0<Px?15 ??(Eq-2) Pa+Px=100 ??(Eq-3); [2] the concentration (Pa, % by mole) of the skeletal constituent derived from propylene (a) contained in the propylene random copolymer, and the melting point (Tm) measured with a differential scanning calorimeter satisfy the following relational expression (Eq-4): 135?4×(100?Pa)<Tm<165?4×(100?Pa) ??(Eq-4); [3] the total amount of 2,1-bonded and 1,3-
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Shuji Matsumura, Keita Itakura, Satoshi Hashizume, Akihiro Inukai, Kouichirou Yamamoto, Ayako Kadosaka, Yoshio Sasaki, Masashi Higuchi, Hiroshi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 6313897
    Abstract: A rubbing treatment apparatus and method of rubbing are described. A rubbing roller has a rotation axis and a rubbing cloth wound around its surface. The rubbing cloth is made with pile yarns which are implanted at cyclic intervals in two directions perpendicular to each other. The rubbing roller is used to contact a surface of a film-to-be-processed which is formed so as to cover a plurality of strip-shaped electrodes formed parallel to each other on a substrate, to be moved together with the substrate in relation to each other to perform a rubbing treatment on the surface of the film-to-be-treated. The rotation axis of the rubbing roller is parallel to the surface during the rubbing treatment. An angle &thgr;3 in a plane parallel to the surface is formed by one of the implanting directions of the pile yarns of the rubbing roller and the longitudinal direction of the strip-shaped electrodes of the substrate and is in a range of from +5 degrees to −5 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi Murayama, Keizo Fujii, Masashi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 4864460
    Abstract: An electrically conducting device for use with an electrode roller suitable for causing the electrode roller, which removes electrostatic charges developed on the surface of a web or the like when the web is brought into sliding contact the roller or controls the charges into uniform ones, to conduct with respect to the ground or a power source. The conducting device includes an electrically conducting ring which is slidably fitted over the rotary shaft of the electrode roller. The conducting ring is prevented against rotation by rotation preventive means and is electrically connected through an electrically conducting member to the ground or power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi Muramatsu, Masashi Higuchi, Yoshinori Ogi, Hisao Kaji, Katsuhiko Sano, Hirofumi Takagi, Satoru Nagai