Patents by Inventor Satoru Amou

Satoru Amou 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: 20170145209
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an excellent thermosetting resin that achieves both higher heat resistance and higher toughness and mechanical strength for improving cracking resistance and lower viscosity which are conventionally in a trade-off relationship. It is also an object of the present invention to provide an electronic•electrical device using a cured product of the thermosetting resin as an insulating material or a structural material. The present invention includes a plurality of means for achieving the above objects, and one of the means is a thermosetting resin composition comprising: a three-dimensional copolymer obtained by copolymerizing a maleimide derivative and a styrene derivative with use of an alkyl borane or a boron compound as a polymerization initiator; and a thermosetting resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuri KAJIHARA, Satoru AMOU, Takahito MURAKI
  • Patent number: 9493605
    Abstract: The present invention provides an epoxy-vinyl copolymerization type liquid resin composition and a cured product of the same. The resin composition contains: an epoxy resin having an epoxy resin equivalent of not more than 200 g/eq; an acid anhydride having an unsaturated double bond that is liquid at normal temperature or the acid anhydride having an unsaturated double bond that is liquid at normal temperature and maleic anhydride; a polyfunctional monomer which is liquid at normal temperature; an epoxy resin curing catalyst which accelerates a curing reaction of the epoxy resin with the acid anhydride or with the acid anhydride and maleic anhydride; and a radical polymerization catalyst which accelerates a curing reaction of the polyfunctional monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoru Amou
  • Publication number: 20160163420
    Abstract: An insulated wire producible at low cost and excellent in heat resistance and voltage resistance and a dynamo-electric machine using the insulated wire are provided. The insulated wire includes a conductor and a resin laminated body covering the conductor and formed by a plurality of resin layers being stacked, wherein the resin layer of an outermost layer in the resin laminated body is formed from a resin having maximum heat resistance among resins forming the plurality of resin layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Koutarou ARAYA, Satoru AMOU, Shintarou TAKEDA, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Tadashi ARAI
  • Publication number: 20160042836
    Abstract: Provided are an insulated wire which is excellent in heat resistance and pressure resistance, and a rotary electric machine which uses the same. An insulated wire includes an insulating resin layer that is formed on an outer periphery of a conductor, in which the insulating resin layer has a thermoplastic phenoxy resin, an epoxy resin, a cross-linking agent, an inorganic filler, and fine rubber particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiaki OKABE, Kotaro ARAYA, Takahito MURAKI, Satoru AMOU, Tadashi ARAI
  • Publication number: 20150337106
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a low-melting-point glass resin composite material with which the heat resistance and heat conductivity of an insulating resin can be improved. The low-melting-point glass resin composite material includes: a lead-free low-melting-point glass composition that contains Ag2O, V2O5, and TeO2, and in which the total content of Ag2O, V2O5, and TeO2 is 75 mass % or more; and a resin composition having a 5% thermal weight reduction temperature equal to or greater than a softening point temperature of the low-melting-point glass composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Yuri KAJIHARA, Satoru AMOU, Takashi NAITO, Yuichi SAWAI, Motomune KODAMA
  • Patent number: 9090796
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic-inorganic composite material having excellent thermal stability, electrical insulation and adhesiveness. The organic-inorganic composite material includes a resin composed of a triazine ring and obtained by thermally curing a varnish containing a mixture of a layered clay mineral (clay) subjected to interlayer modification with a curing catalyst for a cyanate ester compound and a cyanate ester compound, wherein the amount of the clay is from 0.1 to 12 wt % of the amount of the cyanate ester compound. The invention also provides a varnish which gives the organic-inorganic composite material, and an electrical device and a semiconductor device, each of which includes the organic-inorganic composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Tanase, Hiroyuki Kagawa, Satoru Amou
  • Publication number: 20150152230
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide: a resin composition which yields a hardened product having both processability/formability and thermal resistance; and an electrical device using the hardened product of the resin composition. A resin composition containing (A) polyarylene type thermoplastic polymer shown by Expression 1 and (B) chemical compound having at least two substituent groups capable of generating cationic species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Takahito Muraki, Satoru Amou, Hiroyuki Kagawa
  • Patent number: 9034475
    Abstract: Provided are a thermosetting adhesive composition excellent in storage stability, reliability, and low-temperature adhesion properties; and a curl-resistant heat-resistant film and a wiring film obtained using the composition. The thermosetting adhesive composition includes 100 parts by weight of a phenoxy resin having a bisphenol S skeleton in the structure thereof; 5 to 30 parts by weight of a maleimide compound containing a plurality of maleimide groups in the structure thereof; and 3 to 20 vol % of an inorganic needle-like filler. The heat resistant adhesive film is obtained by applying the thermosetting adhesive composition onto a polyimide film, followed by drying. The wiring film is obtained by placing a conductor wiring layer on the heat resistant adhesive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Amou, Tomiya Abe, Daisuke Shanai, Hiroaki Komatsu, Kenichi Murakami
  • Patent number: 9028970
    Abstract: Provided are an adhesive composition with good storage stability, heat resistance, moisture resistance reliability, and adhesion properties; and a curl- and heat-resistant adhesive film and a wiring film using the adhesive composition. The adhesive composition contains 100 parts by weight of a phenoxy resin (A) having plural alcoholic hydroxyl groups in a side chain of the molecule thereof; 2 to 60 parts by weight of a polyfunctional isocyanate compound (B) having an isocyanate group and at least one functional group selected from vinyl, acrylate, and methacrylate groups in the molecule thereof; and 5 to 30 parts by weight of a maleimide compound (C) having plural maleimide groups in the molecule thereof or/and reaction product thereof, in which a total amount of the components (B) and (C) is from 7 to 60 parts by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Amou, Tomiya Abe, Daisuke Shanai, Hiroaki Komatsu, Kenichi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20140378580
    Abstract: The present invention provides an epoxy-vinyl copolymerization type liquid resin composition and a cured product of the same. The resin composition contains: an epoxy resin having an epoxy resin equivalent of not more than 200 g/eq; an acid anhydride having an unsaturated double bond that is liquid at normal temperature or the acid anhydride having an unsaturated double bond that is liquid at normal temperature and maleic anhydride; a polyfunctional monomer which is liquid at normal temperature; an epoxy resin curing catalyst which accelerates a curing reaction of the epoxy resin with the acid anhydride or with the acid anhydride and maleic anhydride; and a radical polymerization catalyst which accelerates a curing reaction of the polyfunctional monomer. This makes it possible to reduce varnish viscosity and to enhance heat resistance of the cured product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., LTd.
    Inventor: Satoru Amou
  • Publication number: 20140211373
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide composite particulates and a method for manufacturing the composite particulates, the particulates including an organic substance and a metal having exceptional adhesiveness to a substrate, allowing easier control over metallic particle dispersion, facilitating control over electrical conductivity, and exhibiting high electroconductivity. The metallic particulates are characterized in that they have a thiol compound coordinated on the surfaces thereof, they are adsorbed onto a substrate with a silane compound interposed therebetween, and the thiol compound on the surfaces is subjected to oxidative polymerization, thereby yielding a structure in which an electroconductive polymer is coordinate-bonded to the surface of the metallic particulates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Taku Oyama, Satoru Amou, Kosuke Kuwabara, Takahito Muraki
  • Patent number: 8735724
    Abstract: An electric equipment of the present invention has an insulation structure at a welding part formed by joining end parts of a plurality of conductors with each other, the welding part having a rectangular cross section and being coated with an insulating coating, in which the insulating coating is voidless and has a coating thickness of 50 to 1000 ?m in the welding part, and in which an edge cover ratio of the insulating coating is 20% or more. According to the present invention, the insulation performance of the insulation structure in which the welding part formed by joining the end parts of the plurality of conductors with each other can be improved, the welding part having a rectangular cross section and being coated with an insulating coating, and a highly reliable electric equipment can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahito Muraki, Satoru Amou
  • Publication number: 20140141254
    Abstract: Provided is a laminated structure having excellent self-repairing performance, which can be prepared by an inexpensive and simple method; also provided are a self-bonding insulated wire and electrical machine using the same. A self-repairing laminated structure in which a self-repairing resin layer is formed on a base material and a thermosetting resin topcoat is formed on an outer layer thereof is characterized in that the self-repairing resin layer includes an uncured cross-linkable or curable thermoplastic resin, and the thermosetting resin topcoat includes a cross-linking agent, curing agent, or curing catalyst of the cross-linkable thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Kotaro Araya, Satoru Amou
  • Patent number: 8685872
    Abstract: A low softening point glass composition, which is substantially free from lead, bismuth and antimony and comprises oxides of vanadium, phosphorous, tellurium and iron, a softening point of the composition being 380° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Naito, Shinichi Tachizono, Kei Yoshimura, Yuji Hashiba, Keiichi Kanazawa, Shinji Yamada, Satoru Amou, Hiroki Yamamoto, Takuya Aoyagi
  • Publication number: 20130333748
    Abstract: A low softening point glass composition, which is substantially free from lead, bismuth and antimony and comprises oxides of vanadium, phosphorous, tellurium and iron, a softening point of the composition being 380° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Takashi NAITO, Shinichi TACHIZONO, Kei YOSHIMURA, Yuji HASHIBA, Keiichi KANAZAWA, Shinji YAMADA, Satoru AMOU, Hiroki YAMAMOTO, Takuya AOYAGI
  • Patent number: 8507592
    Abstract: An adhesive composition includes a phenoxy resin having a bisphenol S skeleton in a structure and 10 to 100 parts by weight of a maleimide compound based on 100 parts by weight of the phenoxy resin. The maleimide compound has a plurality of maleimide groups in a structure and is at least one of a first maleimide compound having a melting temperature of 160° C. or lower and a gelling time at 200° C. of 180 to 350 seconds and a second maleimide compound having a melting temperature of 160° C. or lower and a gelling time at 250° C. of 110 to 150 seconds. A heat resistant adhesive film may be formed by coating the adhesive composition on a substrate film, and a wiring film may have a conductor wiring layer put between such heat resistant adhesive films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Amou, Kosuke Kuwabara, Tomiya Abe, Hiroaki Komatsu, Kenichi Murakami
  • Patent number: 8470723
    Abstract: A low softening point glass composition, which is substantially free from lead, bismuth and antimony and comprises oxides of vanadium, phosphorous, tellurium and iron, a softening point of the composition being 380° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Naito, Shinichi Tachizono, Kei Yoshimura, Yuji Hashiba, Keiichi Kanazawa, Shinji Yamada, Satoru Amou, Hiroki Yamamoto, Takuya Aoyagi
  • Patent number: 8420210
    Abstract: There are provided a resin composition comprising a crosslinking component with a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or less having a plurality of styrene groups and represented by the following formula: wherein R is a hydrocarbon skeleton, each of R1s is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, each of R2, R3 and R4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, m is an integer of 1 to 4, and n is an integer of 2 or more, at least one high-molecular weight compound, an inorganic filler, and at least one treating agent for said inorganic filler; its cured product; and a prepreg, a laminate sheet having a conductor layer, and a multilayer printed wiring board obtained by processing the conductor layer of the laminate sheet into wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Amou, Morimichi Umino, Akira Nagai, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Nobuyuki Minami
  • Patent number: 8227361
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a high frequency-capable printed wiring board material reduced in the dielectric loss tangent, weight, thickness and cost without compromising the workability, and provide electronic components using the same. The present invention provides a prepreg obtained by using a quartz glass cloth composed of low-density quartz glass fibers as a base material and impregnating the cloth with a thermosetting resin composition having a low dielectric loss tangent, and provides electronic components using a cured product of the prepreg as an insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Amou, Hiroshi Shimizu, Akinori Hanawa
  • Publication number: 20120138345
    Abstract: An adhesive composition comprises 10 to 100 parts by weight of a first maleimide compound having a plurality of maleimide groups in a structure and having a melting temperature of 160° C. or lower and a gelling time at 200° C. of 180 to 350 seconds and/or a second maleimide compound having a melting temperature of 160° C. or lower and a gelling time at 250° C. of 110 to 150 seconds based on 100 parts by weight of a phenoxy resin having a bisphenol S skeleton in a structure. A heat resistant adhesive film formed by coating the adhesive composition on a substrate film, and a wiring film having a conductor wiring layer put between heat resistant adhesive films are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Satoru AMOU, Kosuke Kuwabara, Tomiya Abe, Hiroaki Komatsu, Kenichi Murakami