Patents by Inventor Sadanori ANDO

Sadanori ANDO 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).

  • Publication number: 20180281362
    Abstract: To provide a decorative panel that expresses a deep jet-black color represented by Japanese lacquer or the like. Provided are: a base member; a black-colored layer provided on the base member; and a laminate provided on the black-colored layer, the laminate having a plurality of transparent layers having different refractive indexes such that the plurality of transparent layers are layered. The refractive indexes of the transparent layers in the laminate are increased in order toward the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Sadanori ANDO, Chiharu TOTANI, Tatsuo ITO, Hiroshi IWATA
  • Patent number: 9427910
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method that is able to manufacture a design member superior in a design property. In a manufacturing method of a design member for transferring a decorative layer onto a design surface of a base body, the manufacturing method provides a recessed parting groove that is formed in at least a part of a border between a general surface and the design surface, arranges the base body in a chamber having a gas pressure adjusting device, places a transfer film on the design surface of the base body, and, with changing a gas pressure in the chamber by the gas pressure adjusting device to crimp the transfer film onto the design surface, presses the transfer film against the design surface under a heated state by a three-dimensional transferring tool made of an elastic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sadanori Ando, Tatsuo Ito
  • Publication number: 20140130976
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method that is able to manufacture a design member superior in a design property. In a manufacturing method of a design member for transferring a decorative layer onto a design surface of a base body, the manufacturing method provides a recessed parting groove that is formed in at least a part of a border between a general surface and the design surface, arranges the base body in a chamber having a gas pressure adjusting device, places a transfer film on the design surface of the base body, and, with changing a gas pressure in the chamber by the gas pressure adjusting device to crimp the transfer film onto the design surface, presses the transfer film against the design surface under a heated state by a three-dimensional transferring tool made of an elastic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sadanori ANDO, Tatsuo ITO