Patents by Inventor Satoru Hirota

Satoru Hirota 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: 6941056
    Abstract: A light guiding plate, characterized by comprising a transparent thermoplastic resin composition containing 1-200 ppm of fine particles having a refractive index of 1.7-3.0 and an average particle diameter of 0.01-1.0 ?m. This light guiding plate is suitable for display devices used in office automation apparatuses such as personal computers, word processors, etc. and various monitors displaying image signals such as panel monitors, television monitors, etc., display devices used in illuminators for indoor or outdoor space, and signs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoru Hirota
  • Publication number: 20030007764
    Abstract: A light guiding plate, characterized by comprising a transparent thermoplastic resin composition containing 1-200 ppm of fine particles having a refractive index of 1.7-3.0 and an average particle diameter of 0.01-1.0 &mgr;m. This light guiding plate is suitable for display devices used in office automation apparatuses such as personal computers, word processors, etc. and various monitors displaying image signals such as panel monitors, television monitors, etc., display devices used in illuminators for indoor or outdoor space, and signs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventor: Satoru Hirota
  • Patent number: 6103830
    Abstract: A methacrylic resin having excellent impact resistance which is industrially more usable in general purposes, has the excellent weatherability and surface gloss inherent in methacrylic resins, and is optionally excellent in transparency and other properties. The impact-resistant methacrylic resin is characterized by being constituted of (A) a partially hydrogenated conjugated diene polymer having a degree of hydrogenation of from 20% to 70%, excluding 70%, and (B) a methacrylic copolymer formed from from 80 to 99.9% by weight-methyl methacrylate and from 0.1 to 20% by weight at least one other vinyl monomer-copolymerizable with the methyl methacrylate, and by having a toluene-insoluble content of from 0.5 to 50% by weight and a degree of swelling in toluene of from 2 to 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Hirota, Masahiro Sasagawa, Hideo Kinoshita