Patents by Inventor Minoru Onodera

Minoru Onodera 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: 5703202
    Abstract: A process for treating a liquid crystal polymer film which includes the steps of: heating a film obtained by extrusion molding of a liquid crystal polymer, while contacting at least one surface of the film with a supporting body, to melt the polymer; cooling the melted polymer to form a solidified polymer layer; and separating the solidified polymer layer from the supporting body. The process readily provides liquid crystal polymer films having excellent resistance to intra-layer delamination and high tensile strength and elongation, as well as excellent resistance to abrasion, dimensional stability when heated, and resistance to folding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignees: Hoechst Celanese Corp, Kuraray Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Randy Douglas Jester, John Arthur Penoyer, Douglas Duane Roth, Detlef Frank, Minoru Onodera, Takeichi Tsudaka, Toshiaki Sato, Tohei Moritani
  • Patent number: 5529740
    Abstract: A process for treating a liquid crystal polymer film which includes the steps of: heating a film obtained by extrusion molding of a liquid crystal polymer, while contacting at least one surface of the film with a supporting body, to melt the polymer; cooling the melted polymer to form a solidified polymer layer; and separating the solidified polymer layer from the supporting body. The process readily provides liquid crystal polymer films having excellent resistance to intra-layer delamination and high tensile strength and elongation, as well as excellent resistance to abrasion, dimensional stability when heated, and resistance to folding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Inventors: Randy D. Jester, John A. Penoyer, Douglas D. Roth, Detlef Frank, Minoru Onodera, Takeichi Tsudaka, Toshiaki Sato, Tohei Moritani
  • Patent number: 5178254
    Abstract: A passenger conveyor, such as an escalator or a moving walkway, in which a device for transmitting a change of direction of the movement of treadboards to a passenger by changing the passenger's sense of touch is provided in the vicinity of a boundary between a horizontal path and an inclined path. With this construction, a level difference between the adjacent treadboards is produced when the treadboard moves into the inclined path, thereby preventing the passenger from accidentally falling down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chuichi Saito, Masao Takizawa, Kazuhira Ojima, Yoozi Inanobe, Akihiro Sato, Minoru Onodera