Patents by Inventor Nobuaki Nakao

Nobuaki Nakao 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: 10981352
    Abstract: The method for producing an optical member of the present invention includes: Process (1) of applying a first resin to a substrate; Process (2) of applying a second resin to at least one of the first resin and a die; Process (3) of pushing the substrate to the die with the first resin and the second resin in between to form a resin layer including on a surface thereof an uneven structure; and Process (4) of curing the resin layer to provide a polymer layer. The die includes a surface after release treatment with a fluorine release agent. The first resin contains a resin component, and the resin component contains predetermined amounts of a (meth)acrylamide compound and a urethane prepolymer containing six or more functional groups. The second resin contains predetermined amounts of a reactive group-containing monomer, a fluorosurfactant, and a fluorine-containing monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hayashi, Tokio Taguchi, Kenichiro Nakamatsu, Hisashi Maruyama, Nobuaki Nakao, Suguru Aoki
  • Publication number: 20190118504
    Abstract: The method for producing an optical member of the present invention includes: Process (1) of applying a first resin to a substrate; Process (2) of applying a second resin to at least one of the first resin and a die; Process (3) of pushing the substrate to the die with the first resin and the second resin in between to form a resin layer including on a surface thereof an uneven structure; and Process (4) of curing the resin layer to provide a polymer layer. The die includes a surface after release treatment with a fluorine release agent. The first resin contains a resin component, and the resin component contains predetermined amounts of a (meth)acrylamide compound and a urethane prepolymer containing six or more functional groups. The second resin contains predetermined amounts of a reactive group-containing monomer, a fluorosurfactant, and a fluorine-containing monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidekazu HAYASHI, Tokio TAGUCHI, Kenichiro NAKAMATSU, Hisashi MARUYAMA, Nobuaki NAKAO, Suguru AOKI
  • Patent number: 8169707
    Abstract: A sheet-like optical member being difficult to damage a shape of a lens part. The sheet-like optical member includes: a substrate; and a lens part, which is formed on the substrate, is made of an active energy ray-curable resin, and has a plurality of unit prisms. The maximum logarithmic attenuation rate ?E of the lens part measured by a rigid body pendulum method is 0.4 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Runa Nakamura, Naoyuki Mitsuyasu, Satoko Maenishi, Nobuaki Nakao
  • Patent number: 7719763
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light-diffusing member having no non-uniformity in stripes. The light-diffusing member according to the present invention is for diffusing at least a part of transmitted light by totally reflecting the same. The light-diffusing member comprises a light-diffusing part that has a diffusing-part base having a plurality of grooves tapered down toward the incident side, formed on the light-outgoing side in juxtaposition with one another, and light-absorbing parts formed, in the grooves in the diffusing-part base, by a radiation-curing resin composition. The radiation-curing resin composition includes colored particles. The colored particles have a mean particle diameter of 3.5 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignees: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., The Inctec Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Nobuaki Nakao
  • Publication number: 20100103529
    Abstract: A sheet-like optical member being difficult to damage a shape of a lens part. The sheet-like optical member includes: a substrate; and a lens part, which is formed on the substrate, is made of an active energy ray-curable resin, and has a plurality of unit prisms. The maximum logarithmic attenuation rate ?E of the lens part measured by a rigid body pendulum method is 0.4 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Runa Nakamura, Naoyuki Mitsuyasu, Satoko Maenishi, Nobuaki Nakao
  • Publication number: 20090091824
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light-diffusing member having no non-uniformity in stripes. The light-diffusing member according to the present invention is for diffusing at least a part of transmitted light by totally reflecting the same. The light-diffusing member comprises a light-diffusing part that has a diffusing-part base having a plurality of grooves tapered down toward the incident side, formed on the light-outgoing side in juxtaposition with one another, and light-absorbing parts formed, in the grooves in the diffusing-part base, by a radiation-curing resin composition. The radiation-curing resin composition includes colored particles. The colored particles have a mean particle diameter of 3.5 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicants: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., The Inctec Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Nobuaki Nakao
  • Patent number: 7074847
    Abstract: There are provided a resin composition, which has optical properties such as a high refractive index, has excellent restorability and scratch resistance, and has good adhesion to a substrate, and, when utilized as an optical member (lens) used, for example, in screens for projection televisions or the like, can satisfy various property requirements, and a cured product of the resin composition. The resin composition comprises: an epoxy (meth)acrylate oligomer having an average molecular weight of not more than 1500, a copolymer of a (meth)acrylic ester with styrene or ?-methylstyrene, a thermoplastic urethane elastomer, a (meth)acrylic ester monomer, and a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Doi, Toshiyuki Tanimura, Nobuaki Nakao
  • Publication number: 20050148676
    Abstract: There are provided a resin composition, which has optical properties such as a high refractive index, has excellent restorability and scratch resistance, and has good adhesion to a substrate, and, when utilized as an optical member (lens) used, for example, in screens for projection televisions or the like, can satisfy various property requirements, and a cured product of the resin composition. The resin composition comprises: an oligomer component comprising urethane (meth)acrylate, produced by reacting a bisphenol A polyalkoxydiol, an organic diisocyanate and a hydroxyl-containing mono(meth)acrylate, and a bisphenol A epoxy (meth) acrylate; a monomer component comprising a phenoxy polyethylene glycol (meth)acrylate and a bisphenol A polyethoxydiol di(meth)acrylate; and a photopolymerization initiator. The resin composition has a refractive index of not less than 1.55 after resin curing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Doi, Toshiyuki Tanimura, Nobuaki Nakao
  • Publication number: 20050118430
    Abstract: There are provided a resin composition, which has optical properties such as a high refractive index, has excellent restorability and scratch resistance, and has good adhesion to a substrate, and, when utilized as an optical member (lens) used, for example, in screens for projection televisions or the like, can satisfy various property requirements, and a cured product of the resin composition. The resin composition comprises: an epoxy (meth)acrylate oligomer having an average molecular weight of not more than 1500, a copolymer of a (meth)acrylic ester with styrene or ?-methylstyrene, a thermoplastic urethane elastomer, a (meth)acrylic ester monomer, and a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Doi, Toshiyuki Tanimura, Nobuaki Nakao