Patents by Inventor Michio Umeda
Michio Umeda 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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Patent number: 8586186Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet contains at least a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive containing an acrylic polymer composition containing an acrylic polymer as a main component and a tackifier containing a tackifying resin as a main component, wherein reflection rate and attached amount in the fogging test in accordance with German Industrial Standard DIN 75201 are 70% or more and 2.0 mg or less, respectively. In the acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive which forms the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a ratio of components having a molecular weight of 300 or less is preferably 4.2% by weight or less based on the total amount of solid matter of the acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive. Furthermore, in the tackifying resin in the tackifier, a ratio of components having a molecular weight of 300 or less is suitably 4.2% by weight or less based on the total amount of solid matter of the tackifying resin.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Tomonari Naito, Michio Umeda, Akiko Takahashi
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Patent number: 8445103Abstract: To provide an adhesive composition which shows high adhesion with a glass substrate and has excellent heat resistance, moisture resistance and moist heat resistance, an adhesive optical film comprising an adhesive layer made of the adhesive composition, which shows high adhesion between the adhesive layer and an optical film and effectively suppresses the occurrence of adhesive residue and lack of adhesive and also has excellent heat resistance, moisture resistance and moist heat resistance, and an image display device comprising the adhesive optical film, the adhesive optical film comprises an optical film 1, an adhesive layer 3 made of a water dispersible adhesive composition comprising, as raw monomers, an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester whose alkyl group has 4 to 18 carbon atoms, a carboxyl group-containing vinyl monomer, a phosphoric acid group-containing vinyl monomer, and a copolymerizable vinyl monomer which is optionally copolymerizable with the above monomers, wherein a carboxyl group concentration is frType: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Kenichi Okada, Toshitaka Takahashi, Mika Kanamaru, Michio Umeda
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Patent number: 8022125Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet contains at least a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive containing an acrylic polymer composition containing an acrylic polymer as a main component and a tackifier containing a tackifying resin as a main component, wherein reflection rate and attached amount in the fogging test in accordance with German Industrial Standard DIN 75201 are 70% or more and 2.0 mg or less, respectively. In the acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive which forms the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a ratio of components having a molecular weight of 300 or less is preferably 4.2% by weight or less based on the total amount of solid matter of the acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive. Furthermore, in the tackifying resin in the tackifier, a ratio of components having a molecular weight of 300 or less is suitably 4.2% by weight or less based on the total amount of solid matter of the tackifying resin.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2005Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Tomonari Naito, Michio Umeda, Akiko Takahashi
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Publication number: 20110039988Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet contains at least a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive containing an acrylic polymer composition containing an acrylic polymer as a main component and a tackifier containing a tackifying resin as a main component, wherein reflection rate and attached amount in the fogging test in accordance with German Industrial Standard DIN 75201 are 70% or more and 2.0 mg or less, respectively. In the acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive which forms the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a ratio of components having a molecular weight of 300 or less is preferably 4.2% by weight or less based on the total amount of solid matter of the acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive. Furthermore, in the tackifying resin in the tackifier, a ratio of components having a molecular weight of 300 or less is suitably 4.2% by weight or less based on the total amount of solid matter of the tackifying resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonari NAITO, Michio UMEDA, Akiko TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20100304135Abstract: To provide an adhesive composition which shows high adhesion with a glass substrate and has excellent heat resistance, moisture resistance and moist heat resistance, an adhesive optical film comprising an adhesive layer made of the adhesive composition, which shows high adhesion between the adhesive layer and an optical film and effectively suppresses the occurrence of adhesive residue and lack of adhesive and also has excellent heat resistance, moisture resistance and moist heat resistance, and an image display device comprising the adhesive optical film, the adhesive optical film comprises an optical film 1, an adhesive layer 3 made of a water dispersible adhesive composition comprising, as raw monomers, an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester whose alkyl group has 4 to 18 carbon atoms, a carboxyl group-containing vinyl monomer, a phosphoric acid group-containing vinyl monomer, and a copolymerizable vinyl monomer which is optionally copolymerizable with the above monomers, wherein a carboxyl group concentration is frType: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Kenichi Okada, Toshitaka Takahashi, Mika Kanamaru, Michio Umeda
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Patent number: 7759442Abstract: To provide an adhesive composition which shows high adhesion with a glass substrate and has excellent heat resistance, moisture resistance and moist heat resistance, an adhesive optical film comprising an adhesive layer made of the adhesive composition, which shows high adhesion between the adhesive layer and an optical film and effectively suppresses the occurrence of adhesive residue and lack of adhesive and also has excellent heat resistance, moisture resistance and moist heat resistance, and an image display device comprising the adhesive optical film, the adhesive optical film comprises an optical film 1, an adhesive layer 3 made of a water dispersible adhesive composition comprising, as raw monomers, an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester whose alkyl group has 4 to 18 carbon atoms, a carboxyl group-containing vinyl monomer, a phosphoric acid group-containing vinyl monomer, and a copolymerizable vinyl monomer which is optionally copolymerizable with the above monomers, wherein a carboxyl group concentration is frType: GrantFiled: January 24, 2006Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Kenichi Okada, Toshitaka Takahashi, Mika Kanamaru, Michio Umeda
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Patent number: 7312265Abstract: Provided is an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition excellent in pressure sensitive adhesive characteristics and removability and a pressure sensitive adhesive tape using the acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition. An acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition containing an acrylic polymer obtained by at least copolymerizing a (meth) acrylic acid alkyl ester with an alkyl group having 2 to 14 carbon atoms and a carboxyl group containing unsaturated monomer copolymerizable with the (meth) acrylic acid alkyl ester, and tackifier resins, wherein the tackifier resins are respective resins each containing a natural product as a raw material, include at least 4 kinds of the resins different in a molecular structure from one another and a content of each of the tackifier resins is in the range of 5 parts by weight or more and 20 parts by weight or less relative to 100 parts by weight of the acrylic polymer.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2005Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Wada, Michio Umeda, Koichi Ikeda, Masahiro Ohura
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Publication number: 20060188712Abstract: To provide an adhesive composition which shows high adhesion with a glass substrate and has excellent heat resistance, moisture resistance and moist heat resistance, an adhesive optical film comprising an adhesive layer made of the adhesive composition, which shows high adhesion between the adhesive layer and an optical film and effectively suppresses the occurrence of adhesive residue and lack of adhesive and also has excellent heat resistance, moisture resistance and moist heat resistance, and an image display device comprising the adhesive optical film, the adhesive optical film comprises an optical film 1, an adhesive layer 3 made of a water dispersible adhesive composition comprising, as raw monomers, an alkyl(meth)acrylate ester whose alkyl group has 4 to 18 carbon atoms, a carboxyl group-containing vinyl monomer, a phosphoric acid group-containing vinyl monomer, and a copolymerizable vinyl monomer which is optionally copolymerizable with the above monomers, wherein a carboxyl group concentration is froType: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2006Publication date: August 24, 2006Applicant: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Kenichi Okada, Toshitaka Takahashi, Mika Kanamaru, Michio Umeda
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Publication number: 20060116455Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet contains at least a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive containing an acrylic polymer composition containing an acrylic polymer as a main component and a tackifier containing a tackifying resin as a main component, wherein reflection rate and attached amount in the fogging test in accordance with German Industrial Standard DIN 75201 are 70% or more and 2.0 mg or less, respectively. In the acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive which forms the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a ratio of components having a molecular weight of 300 or less is preferably 4.2% by weight or less based on the total amount of solid matter of the acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive. Furthermore, in the tackifying resin in the tackifier, a ratio of components having a molecular weight of 300 or less is suitably 4.2% by weight or less based on the total amount of solid matter of the tackifying resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2005Publication date: June 1, 2006Inventors: Tomonari Naito, Michio Umeda, Akiko Takahashi
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Patent number: 7045568Abstract: An aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which has a small increase of a peel force to a release liner having a silicone release agent applied thereto or back coating layer, and pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets comprising the composition. The aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises an aqueous dispersion of a polymer obtained by copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates as the main component and at least one silane monomer, and an organic compound capable of bonding to the silane monomer.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2003Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Tomonari Naito, Akiko Miyano, Kazuhisa Maeda, Michio Umeda, Kenichi Okada
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Patent number: 7008987Abstract: An aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which is excellent in adhesion to foams and unsusceptibility to edge peeling and retains stable adhesive force over long, a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet including a substrate and, disposed on one or both sides thereof, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprising the aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive rubber foam sheet comprising a rubber foam and, disposed on one or both sides thereof, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer or pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet. The aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises an aqueous dispersion of a polymer obtained by copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates as the main component and at least one silane monomer, and a tackifier having a phenolic skeleton, added to the aqueous dispersion.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2003Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Kenichi Okada, Tomonari Naito, Michio Umeda
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Publication number: 20050209380Abstract: Provided is an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition excellent in pressure sensitive adhesive characteristics and removability and a pressure sensitive adhesive tape using the acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition. An acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition containing an acrylic polymer obtained by at least copolymerizing a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester with an alkyl group having 2 to 14 carbon atoms and a carboxyl group containing unsaturated monomer copolymerizable with the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester, and tackifier resins, wherein the tackifier resins are respective resins each containing a natural product as a raw material, include at least 4 kinds of the resins-different in a molecular structure from one another and a content of each of the tackifier resins is in the range of 5 parts by weight or more and 20 parts by weight or less relative to 100 parts by weight of the acrylic polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2005Publication date: September 22, 2005Inventors: Hiroshi Wada, Michio Umeda, Koichi Ikeda, Masahiro Ohura
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Publication number: 20050084670Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive type optical film which comprises an optical film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer superposed on at least one side thereof through an anchor layer formed from a resin emulsion. It is easy to handle because the pressure-sensitive adhesive does not peel off even when an edge of the film comes into contract during handling in use.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2003Publication date: April 21, 2005Inventors: Masayuki Satake, Shigeo Kobayashi, Michio Umeda, Chiaki Harada, Naoki Sadayori, Hideki Akamatsu, Akiko Ogasawara
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Publication number: 20050073633Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive type optical film which comprises an optical film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer superposed on at least one side thereof through an anchor layer formed from a polyamine compound. It is easy to handle because the pressure-sensitive adhesive does not peel off even when an edge of the film comes into contract during handling in use. The pressure-sensitive adhesive type optical film can be inhibited from being electrostatically charged upon peeling.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2003Publication date: April 7, 2005Inventors: Masayuki Satake, Shigeo Kobayashi, Michio Umeda, Chiaki Harada, Naoki Sadayori, Hideki Akamatsu, Akiko Ogasawara
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Publication number: 20050038152Abstract: An aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which has a small increase of a peel force to a release liner having a silicone release agent applied thereto or back coating layer, and pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets comprising the composition. The aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises an aqueous dispersion of a polymer obtained by copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates as the main component and at least one silane monomer, and an organic compound capable of bonding to the silane monomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2003Publication date: February 17, 2005Inventors: Tomonari Naito, Akiko Miyano, Kazuhisa Maeda, Michio Umeda, Kenichi Okada
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Publication number: 20040254276Abstract: An aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which is excellent in adhesion to foams and unsusceptibility to edge peeling and retains stable adhesive force over long, a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet including a substrate and, disposed on one or both sides thereof, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprising the aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive rubber foam sheet comprising a rubber foam and, disposed on one or both sides thereof, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer or pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet. The aqueous dispersion type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises an aqueous dispersion of a polymer obtained by copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates as the main component and at least one silane monomer, and a tackifier having a phenolic skeleton, added to the aqueous dispersion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2003Publication date: December 16, 2004Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Okada, Tomonari Naito, Michio Umeda
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Patent number: 6143925Abstract: A process for producing aromatic carboxylic acids efficiently by operating a distillation column for separating the vaporized reaction solvent and other useful ingredients from an oxidation reactor while permitting efficient energy recovery without causing any obstruction to turbine and without causing any clogging of the distillation column, said process comprising oxidizing an alkyl aromatic compound in a liquid reaction solvent comprising an aliphatic carboxylic acid with a molecular oxygen-containing gas in the presence of an oxidation catalyst in the said oxidation reactor to form an aromatic carboxylic acid, guiding the oxidation reactor exhaust gas into the distillation column to subject it to a distillation, passing the distilltion overhead gas to a condenser to form a condensate, which is returned to the distillation column, and to generate a steam on the shell side, which is guided to a steam turbine for energy recovery, and burning the condenser exit gas in order to drive a gas turbine for energy rType: GrantFiled: June 4, 1999Date of Patent: November 7, 2000Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Tadashi Tomitaka, Michio Umeda, Hideaki Iwata, Fujimasa Nakao
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Patent number: 5728321Abstract: This invention relates to a conducting organic polymer formed by doping an organic polymer with a protonic acid having a dissociation constant value pKa of less than 4.8, wherein the organic polymer has, as the main repeating unit, a compound represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein, m and n, respectively, show the molar fraction of the quinonediimine structural unit and phenylenediamine structural unit in the repeating unit, and 0<m<1, 0<n<1, and m+n=1; and the organic polymer is soluble in an organic solvent in the undoped state, and has an intrinsic viscosity ?.eta.! of more than 0.4 dl/g measured in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone at 30.degree. C. This invention also relates to a film formed of the conducting organic polymer and a conducting organic polymer composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: March 17, 1998Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Masao Abe, Akira Ohtani, Hiroyuki Higuchi, Minoru Ezoe, Shinya Akizuki, Keiji Nakamoto, Keiko Mochizuki, Yasuhiro Umemoto, Michio Umeda
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Patent number: 5264552Abstract: This invention relates to an organic polymer having, as the main repeating unit, the compound represented by the general formula: ##STR1## (wherein, m and n respectively show the molar fraction of quinonediimine structure unit and phenylenediamine structure unit in the repeating unit, and 0<m<1, 0<n<1, and m+n=1.), and soluble in an organic solvent in an undoped state, and having the intrinsic viscocity [.eta.] of more than 0.4 dl/g measured in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone at 30.degree. C., and a conducting organic polymer formed by doping a protonic acid to such a polymer.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1989Date of Patent: November 23, 1993Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Masao Abe, Akira Ohtani, Hiroyuki Higuchi, Minoru Ezoe, Shinya Akizuki, Keiji Nakamoto, Keiko Mochizuki, Yasuhiro Umemoto, Michio Umeda