Patents by Inventor Naoki Yamakawa

Naoki Yamakawa 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: 11111877
    Abstract: A piston in which a solid lubricant resin layer made of a resin containing a solid lubricant is formed at a skirt portion. A guide groove absent area where no guide groove is formed, which is provided in a predetermined range of the solid lubricant resin layer at a center portion in a width direction. The guide grooves directing from the both ends in the width direction of the guide groove absent area to both ends in the width direction of the skirt portion. The end portions of the guide grooves extended to end edges of the solid lubricant resin layer to form open ends. The solid lubricant resin layer and the guide grooves are formed at least at a thrust side skirt portion. The guide grooves are formed in a shape inclined upward from the guide groove absent area toward the end edges of the solid lubricant resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: ART METAL MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chiaki Taresawa, Nobuyuki Fujiwara, Naoki Yamakawa, Kunihiko Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190063604
    Abstract: A piston in which a solid lubricant resin layer made of a resin containing a solid lubricant is formed at a skirt portion. A guide groove absent area where no guide groove is formed, which is provided in a predetermined range of the solid lubricant resin layer at a center portion in a width direction. The guide grooves directing from the both ends in the width direction of the guide groove absent area to both ends in the width direction of the skirt portion. The end portions of the guide grooves extended to end edges of the solid lubricant resin layer to form open ends. The solid lubricant resin layer and the guide grooves are formed at least at a thrust side skirt portion. The guide grooves are formed in a shape inclined upward from the guide groove absent area toward the end edges of the solid lubricant resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Chiaki TARESAWA, Nobuyuki FUJIWARA, Naoki YAMAKAWA, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10155755
    Abstract: Provided are a quinuclidine derivative of formula (1) and a medicament comprising the quinuclidine derivative: wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, or a haloalkoxy group; Y represents —C(C?O)—O—, or —CH2O—; m represents an integer of 1 to 5; Z represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; l represents a number of 0 or 1; n represents an integer of 0 to 4; X? represents an anion; and a substituent of a quinuclidine ring represents a 1,3-bond, or 1,4-bond, provided that when m is 3, l is 1, and n is 0, R1 represents a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, or a haloalkoxy group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: LTT BIO-PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru Mizushima, Yasunobu Yamashita, Naoki Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20180051018
    Abstract: Provided is a novel therapeutic agent for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Provided are a quinuclidine derivative and a medicament comprising the quinuclidine derivative. wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, or a haloalkoxy group; Y represents —C(C?O)—O—, —CH2—, or —CH2O—; m represents an integer of 1 to 5; Z represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; l represents a number of 0 or 1; n represents an integer of 0 to 4; X? represents an anion; and a substituent of a quinuclidine ring represents a 1,3-bond, or 1,4-bond, provided that when m is 3, l is 1, and n is 0, R1 represents a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, or a haloalkoxy group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: LTT BIO-PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru MIZUSHIMA, Yasunobu YAMASHITA, Naoki YAMAKAWA
  • Patent number: 9520522
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solar cell module comprising pressing a first silicone gel sheet provided on a sunlight receiving surface of a solar cell string and a second silicone gel sheet provided on an opposite side sunlight non-receiving surface of the solar cell string in vacuum to encapsulate the solar cell string with the first and second silicone gel sheets; disposing the sunlight receiving surface side of the first silicone gel sheet on one surface of a transparent light receiving panel and disposing butyl rubber in a picture frame-like shape along an outer peripheral portion of a panel where the first silicone gel sheet is not formed and laying the light receiving panel and the light non-receiving panel or back sheet over each other with the silicone gel sheet-encapsulated solar cell string on the inside, and pressing them at 100 to 150° C. in vacuum to press bond the light receiving surface panel and the light non-receiving surface panel or back sheet to each other through the butyl rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Furihata, Atsuo Ito, Hiroto Ohwada, Hyung Bae Kim, Sumio Sekiyama, Junichi Tsukada, Atsushi Yaginuma, Naoki Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20160300969
    Abstract: This silicone adhesive sheet, which has ultraviolet ray shielding properties and is for sealing a solar cell, and which forms a silicone adhesive layer contacting a back surface panel in a solar cell module provided with a light-receiving surface panel, a back surface panel, a silicone adhesive layer contacting both surface panels, and a plurality of solar cells that are sealed by being interposed between both adhesive layers, is characterized by imparting a light transmission rate of no greater than 30% when measuring the light transmission rate at a wavelength of 380 nm to a cured product having a thickness of 2 mm. The silicone adhesive sheet is of a millable type able to capable of extrusion molding, calendering molding, and the like, and modularization using a vacuum laminator is possible of a laminate of a light-receiving surface panel, a silicone adhesive sheet, a solar cell, the silicone adhesive sheet of the present invention, and a back surface panel (back sheet).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki YAMAKAWA, Minoru IGARASHI, Atsushi YAGINUMA, Tomoyoshi FURIHATA, Hiroto OHWADA, Junichi TSUKADA, Atsuo ITO
  • Patent number: 9385253
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solar cell module comprising adhering a first silicone gel sheet to one surface of a transparent light receiving panel to be a sunlight incidence surface; adhering a second silicone gel sheet to one surface of a light non-receiving panel or back sheet on the side opposite to the sunlight incidence surface; disposing a solar cell string on the first silicone gel sheet of the light receiving panel, and disposing butyl rubber in a picture frame-like shape along an outer peripheral region of a panel where either of the silicone gel sheets are not formed; and laying the light receiving panel and the light non-receiving panel or back sheet over each other with the silicone gel sheets on the inside, and pressing them at 100 to 150° C. in vacuum to encapsulate the solar cell string with the silicone gel sheets and press bond the light receiving panel and the light non-receiving panel or back sheet to each other through the butyl rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Furihata, Atsuo Ito, Hiroto Ohwada, Hyung Bae Kim, Sumio Sekiyama, Junichi Tsukada, Atsushi Yaginuma, Naoki Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 9299875
    Abstract: A solar cell module is manufactured by encapsulating a solar cell matrix comprising a plurality of electrically connected solar cell components between a transparent panel and a backsheet with a resin. The method involves (i) embossing opposite surfaces of a green silicone rubber sheet, (ii) arranging a transparent panel (13a), silicone rubber sheet (11), solar cell matrix (14), silicone rubber sheet (11), and backsheet (13b) to form a multilayer assembly, and (iii) heating and compressing the assembly for vacuum lamination for establishing a seal around the solar cell matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Furihata, Hiroto Ohwada, Junichi Tsukada, Atsuo Ito, Atsushi Yaginuma, Naoki Yamakawa, Minoru Igarashi
  • Patent number: 9221786
    Abstract: Provided are novel 2-fluorophenyl propionic acid derivatives which have excellent anti-inflammatory/analgesic effects while avoiding side effects such as gastrointestinal disorders, namely 2-fluorophenyl propionic acid derivatives represented by the formula (I) below or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, [wherein, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, X represents —CH2—, —NH—, —O—, or —S—, and Y specifically represents group (II) (wherein, Z1 represents —CO—, —CH(OH)—, or —CH2—, and n represents an integer of 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: LTT Bio-Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Mizushima, Masami Otsuka, Yoshinari Okamoto, Naoki Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20150287860
    Abstract: A solar cell module is constructed from light-receiving surface and back surface panels, a solar cell matrix comprising a plurality of solar cells sandwiched between the panels, and a silicone encapsulant layer for encapsulating the solar cell matrix. A silicone encapsulant composition is to form the silicone encapsulant layer that has a storage elastic modulus of 1-300 MPa in a temperature range of ?40° C. to 85° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Tsukada, Tomoyoshi Furihata, Hiroto Ohwada, Atsuo Ito, Naoki Yamakawa, Atsushi Yaginuma
  • Patent number: 8999743
    Abstract: A solar cell module is manufactured by forming silicone coating films (2, 2) on panels (1a, 1b), placing a solar cell matrix (3) on the silicone coating film on panel (1a), providing a seal member (4) consisting of a base seal member (4a) of butyl rubber and protrusive seal segments (4b) of butyl rubber on a peripheral region of panel (1a), mating the two panels together such that the seal member (4) may abut against a peripheral region of panel (1b), and the solar cell matrix (3) may be sandwiched between the silicone coating films (2), and compressing and heating the mated panels (1a, 1b) in vacuum for establishing a seal around the solar cell matrix (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Furihata, Hiroto Ohwada, Naoki Yamakawa, Masahiro Hinata
  • Publication number: 20150064831
    Abstract: A solar cell module is manufactured by encapsulating a solar cell matrix comprising a plurality of electrically connected solar cell components between a transparent panel and a backsheet with a resin. The method involves (i) embossing opposite surfaces of a green silicone rubber sheet, (ii) arranging a transparent panel (13a), silicone rubber sheet (11), solar cell matrix (14), silicone rubber sheet (11), and backsheet (13b) to form a multilayer assembly, and (iii) heating and compressing the assembly for vacuum lamination for establishing a seal around the solar cell matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Furihata, Hiroto Ohwada, Junichi Tsukada, Atsuo Ito, Atsushi Yaginuma, Naoki Yamakawa, Minoru Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20150011039
    Abstract: A solar cell module is manufactured by forming silicone coating films (2, 2) on panels (1a, 1b), placing a solar cell matrix (3) on the silicone coating film on panel (1a), providing a seal member (4) consisting of a base seal member (4a) of butyl rubber and protrusive seal segments (4b) of butyl rubber on a peripheral region of panel (1a), mating the two panels together such that the seal member (4) may abut against a peripheral region of panel (1b), and the solar cell matrix (3) may be sandwiched between the silicone coating films (2), and compressing and heating the mated panels (1a, 1b) in vacuum for establishing a seal around the solar cell matrix (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Furihata, Hiroto Ohwada, Naoki Yamakawa, Masahiro Hinata
  • Publication number: 20150000738
    Abstract: A solar cell module is provided comprising a first substrate (1a), a thin-film solar cell (2) comprising a metal electrode layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a light-transmissive electrode layer disposed on the first substrate (1a), a transparent second substrate (1b) opposed to the solar cell on the first substrate, a light-transmissive silicone gel layer (3) interposed between the first and second substrates, and a seal (4?) of a water vapor non-permeable, rubber-based thermoplastic sealing material surrounding the outer periphery of the silicone gel layer. The module has long-term reliability and high efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuo Ito, Tomoyoshi Furihata, Hiroto Ohwada, Hyung Bae Kim, Atsushi Yaginuma, Naoki Yamakawa, Minoru Igarashi, Masakatsu Hotta, Tsutomu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20140330026
    Abstract: Provided are novel 2-fluorophenyl propionic acid derivatives which have excellent anti-inflammatory/analgesic effects while avoiding side effects such as gastrointestinal disorders, namely 2-fluorophenyl propionic acid derivatives represented by the formula (I) below or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, [wherein, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, X represents —CH2—, —NH—, —O—, or —S—, and Y specifically represents group (II) (wherein, Z1 represents —CO—, —CH(OH)—, or —CH2—, and n represents an integer of 1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Toru Mizushima, Masami Otsuka, Yoshinari Okamoto, Naoki Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20140099746
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solar cell module includes pressing a first silicone gel sheet provided on a sunlight receiving surface and a second silicone gel sheet provided on an opposite side sunlight non-receiving surface in vacuum to encapsulate the solar cell string with the first and second silicone gel sheets; disposing the sunlight receiving side of the first silicone gel sheet on one surface of a transparent light receiving panel and disposing butyl rubber in a picture frame-like shape along an outer peripheral portion of the first silicone gel sheet and laying the light receiving panel and the light non-receiving panel or back sheet over each other with the silicone gel sheet-encapsulated solar cell string on the inside, and pressing them at 100 to 150° C. in vacuum to press bond the light receiving panel and the non-receiving panel to each other through the butyl rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Furihata, Atsuo Ito, Hiroto Ohwada, Hyung Bae Kim, Sumio Sekiyama, Junichi Tsukada, Atsushi Yaginuma, Naoki Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20140096885
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solar cell module includes adhering a first silicone gel sheet to one surface of a transparent light receiving panel to be a sunlight incidence surface; adhering a second silicone gel sheet to one surface of a light non-receiving panel on the side opposite to the sunlight incidence surface; disposing a solar cell string on the first silicone gel sheet of the light receiving panel, and disposing butyl rubber in a picture frame-like shape along an outer peripheral portion of the first silicone gel sheet; and laying the light receiving panel and the non-receiving panel over each other with the silicone gel sheets on the inside, and pressing them at 100 to 150° C. in vacuum to encapsulate the solar cell string with the silicone gel sheets and press bond the light receiving panel and the non-receiving panel to each other through the butyl rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Furihata, Atsuo Ito, Hiroto Ohwada, Hyung Bae Kim, Sumio Sekiyama, Junichi Tsukada, Atsushi Yaginuma, Naoki Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20140060903
    Abstract: A conductive circuit is formed by printing a conductive ink composition to form a pattern and heat curing the pattern, the ink composition comprising an addition type silicone rubber precursor, a curing catalyst, conductive particles having a density of up to 2.75 g/cm3, and a thixotropic agent, typically carbon black and being solvent-free. The ink composition has such thixotropy that the circuit may be formed by screen printing at a high speed and in high throughputs and yields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka HAMADA, Naoki YAMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20130323874
    Abstract: A solar cell module is manufactured by coating and curing a curable silicone gel composition onto one surface of each of two panels except a peripheral region to form a cured silicone gel coating, providing a seal member (3) on the peripheral region of one panel (1a), placing a solar cell component (4) on the cured silicone gel coating on one panel, placing the other panel (1b) on the one panel so that the seal member (3) abuts against the peripheral region of the other panel, and the solar cell component is sandwiched between the panels, and heat pressing the panels (1a, 1b) in vacuum for encapsulating the solar cell component (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Furihata, Atsuo Ito, Hiroto Ohwada, Hyung-Bae Kim, Naoki Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 8592030
    Abstract: A silicone adhesive for a semiconductor element that is suitable as a die bonding material for fixing a light emitting diode chip to a substrate. The adhesive includes (a) an addition reaction-curable silicone resin composition having a viscosity at 25° C. of not more than 100 Pa·s, and yielding a cured product upon heating at 150° C. for 3 hours that has a type D hardness prescribed in JIS K6253 of at least 30, (b) a white pigment powder having an average particle size of less than 1 ?m, and (c) a white or colorless and transparent powder having an average particle size of at least 1 ?m but less than 10 ?m. The adhesive exhibits high levels of concealment, effectively reflects light emitted from the LED chip, and also exhibits favorable chip positioning properties, superior adhesive strength, and excellent durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Yamakawa, Kei Miyoshi, Toshiyuki Ozai, Yoshinori Ogawa