Patents by Inventor Satoshi Matsuba

Satoshi Matsuba 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: 20240255693
    Abstract: A plastic optical fiber that has a multilayer structure that includes a core (X), a first cladding (Y), and a second cladding (Z), wherein the core is made of an organic polymer material having a water-absorbing ratio of not less than 0.001% and not more than 0.29% and a total light transmittance of not less than 80% and containing not less than 0.01% by weight and not more than 10% by weight of a plasticizer; a relationship between a refractive index of the core (X) and the refractive index of the first cladding (Y) is defined by inequality: X?Y>0.01, and a relationship between a refractive index of the first cladding (Y) and the refractive index of a second cladding (Z) is defined by inequality: Y?Z>0.05, wherein the plastic optical fiber has high humidity resistance and excellent bending resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Koki Mitsuno, Satoshi Matsuba, Kenji Hiramoto
  • Patent number: 11454756
    Abstract: A plastic optical fiber for a medical device lighting decreases the cost of a lens and simplify the design of a lighting apparatus, wherein the plastic optical fiber for a medical device includes a core composed of a (co)polymer containing methyl methacrylate as a main component and is characterized by including a cladding material composed of a copolymer having a fluorine weight composition ratio of 60 to 74%, and by having a theoretical numerical aperture, NA, of 0.48 to 0.65 and, thus, the plastic optical fiber has a high numerical aperture and also has excellent translucency and flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki Kojima, Hironobu Maeda, Shinji Sato, Hidekazu Kunieda, Satoshi Matsuba
  • Patent number: 11287566
    Abstract: A plastic optical fiber is excellent in translucency, heat resistance, resistance to environment and the like, and has highly excellent flexibility. The plastic optical fiber contains a core and at least one layer of cladding, wherein the bending elastic modulus of the innermost layer of the cladding is 20 to 70 MPa, the glass transition temperature of the innermost layer of the cladding is 10° C. or lower, and the storage elastic modulus of the innermost layer of the cladding at 30° C. is 1×106 Pa to 4×107 Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsuba, Masaaki Umehara, Shinji Sato, Hideki Kojima, Yasushi Sawamura
  • Publication number: 20200408985
    Abstract: A plastic optical fiber is excellent in translucency, heat resistance, resistance to environment and the like, and has highly excellent flexibility. The plastic optical fiber contains a core and at least one layer of cladding, wherein the bending elastic modulus of the innermost layer of the cladding is 20 to 70 MPa, the glass transition temperature of the innermost layer of the cladding is 10° C. or lower, and the storage elastic modulus of the innermost layer of the cladding at 30° C. is 1×106 Pa to 4×107 Pa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsuba, Masaaki Umehara, Shinji Sato, Hideki Kojima, Yasushi Sawamura
  • Publication number: 20200301064
    Abstract: A plastic optical fiber for a medical device lighting decreases the cost of a lens and simplify the design of a lighting apparatus, wherein the plastic optical fiber for a medical device includes a core composed of a (co)polymer containing methyl methacrylate as a main component and is characterized by including a cladding material composed of a copolymer having a fluorine weight composition ratio of 60 to 74%, and by having a theoretical numerical aperture, NA, of 0.48 to 0.65 and, thus, the plastic optical fiber has a high numerical aperture and also has excellent translucency and flexibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Hideki Kojima, Hironobu Maeda, Shinji Sato, Hidekazu Kunieda, Satoshi Matsuba
  • Patent number: 9329477
    Abstract: A photosensitive conductive paste provides a coating film having good storage stability, is capable of maintaining high adhesion under relatively low temperature curing conditions, and is also capable of exhibiting high conductivity. The photosensitive conductive paste contains (A) conductive particles, (B) a photosensitie component, (C) a photopolymerization initiator and (D) an epoxy resin, wherein the epoxy resin (D) has an epoxy equivalent weight of 200-500 g/equivalent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsuba, Tsukuru Mizuguchi, Kazutaka Kusano
  • Patent number: 9085705
    Abstract: A photosensitive conductive paste includes an epoxy acrylate (A) including a urethane bond, a photopolymerization initiator (B), and a conductive filler (C), wherein an added amount of the conductive filler (C) is 70 to 95% by weight with respect to the total solids in the photosensitive conductive paste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsukuru Mizuguchi, Satoshi Matsuba, Kazutaka Kusano
  • Patent number: 9081278
    Abstract: A photosensitive conductive paste includes a dicarboxylic acid or an acid anhydride thereof (A); a compound (B) having an acid value of 40 to 200 mg KOH/g; an alicyclic compound (C); a photopolymerization initiator (D); and a conductive filler (E).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsukuru Mizuguchi, Satoshi Matsuba, Kazutaka Kusano
  • Publication number: 20150056560
    Abstract: A photosensitive conductive paste includes an epoxy acrylate (A) including a urethane bond, a photopolymerization initiator (B), and a conductive filler (C), wherein an added amount of the conductive filler (C) is 70 to 95% by weight with respect to the total solids in the photosensitive conductive paste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Tsukuru Mizuguchi, Satoshi Matsuba, Kazutaka Kusano
  • Publication number: 20150050586
    Abstract: A photosensitive conductive paste includes a dicarboxylic acid or an acid anhydride thereof (A); a compound (B) having an acid value of 40 to 200 mg KOH/g; an alicyclic compound (C); a photopolymerization initiator (D); and a conductive filler (E).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsukuru Mizuguchi, Satoshi Matsuba, Kazutaka Kusano
  • Publication number: 20150044610
    Abstract: A photosensitive conductive paste provides a coating film having good storage stability, is capable of maintaining high adhesion under relatively low temperature curing conditions, and is also capable of exhibiting high conductivity. The photosensitive conductive paste contains (A) conductive particles, (B) a photosensitive component, (C) a photopolymerization initiator and (D) an epoxy resin, wherein the epoxy resin (D) has an epoxy equivalent weight of 200-500 g/equivalent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsuba, Tsukuru Mizuguchi, Kazutaka Kusano
  • Publication number: 20120003822
    Abstract: Wafer guide for MOCVD equipment that reduces influence from III-nitride deposits. A wafer support (15) includes one or more first sections (15a), and a second section (15b) surrounding the first sections (15a). Each first section (15a) includes a surface for supporting wafers (19) on which nitride semiconductor is deposited. In MOCVD tools (11) and (13), a wafer guide (17) is provided on the wafer-support (15) second section (15b). The wafer guide (17) is furnished with a protector (17a) for covering the second section (15b), and one or more openings (17b) for receiving the wafers (19) on the first sections (15a). The protector (17a) has lateral surfaces (17c) defining the openings (17b) and guiding the wafers (19), and receives a wafer (19) in each opening (17b). A wafer (19) is loaded onto the support surface of each wafer-support (15) first section (15a) exposed in that opening (17b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Ueno, Susumu Yoshimoto, Satoshi Matsuba
  • Publication number: 20090004597
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photosensitive composition comprising to 5% by weight of a photosensitive organic component and 50 to 95% by weight of a glass powder, wherein the glass powder contains 70 to 85% by weight of Bi2O3, 3 to 15% by weight of SiO2, 5 to 20% by weight of B2O3, 0 to 3% by weight of ZrO2 and 1 to 10% by weight of ZnO, expressed in terms of oxide. The present invention provides a photosensitive composition which enables fine pattern work by photolithography to be used in various members of a flat panel display and a fluorescence emission tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Takenori Ueoka, Kazuki Goto, Satoshi Matsuba
  • Publication number: 20060102081
    Abstract: Wafer guide for MOCVD equipment that reduces influence from III-nitride deposits. A wafer support (15) includes one or more first sections (15a), and a second section (15b) surrounding the first sections (15a). Each first section (15a) includes a surface for supporting wafers (19) on which nitride semiconductor is deposited. In MOCVD tools (11) and (13), a wafer guide (17) is provided on the wafer-support (15) second section (15b). The wafer guide (17) is furnished with a protector (17a) for covering the second section (15b), and one or more openings (17b) for receiving the wafers (19) on the first sections (15a). The protector (17a) has lateral surfaces (17c) defining the openings (17b) and guiding the wafers (19), and receives a wafer (19) in each opening (17b). A wafer (19) is loaded onto the support surface of each wafer-support (15) first section (15a) exposed in that opening (17b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Ueno, Susumu Yoshimoto, Satoshi Matsuba