Patents by Inventor Seigo Kotera
Seigo Kotera 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).
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Publication number: 20230395398Abstract: The present invention relates to a film including at least a substrate and an antistatic layer, in which a ratio of a peeled area when a tape peeling test is performed under the following conditions after 300% uniaxial stretching at 25° C. is less than 5%, the tape peeling test is that: Cellotape® is pressure-bonded to a surface of the film on an antistatic layer side using a roller through 5 reciprocations with a load of 4 kg, and the Cellotape® is peeled off at a speed of 100 m/min in a direction of 180° with respect to the film within 5 minutes, thereby obtaining a ratio of a peeled area of the film to an area of an adhesive portion of the Cellotape®.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Seigo KOTERA, Satoshi TAKENAKA, Tetsuya HASEGAWA, Takatoshi YAOITA, Masayuki MORINO, Mio TOKUNAGA, Yuki HAYASAKA
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Publication number: 20230348759Abstract: A film including a substrate, a base layer, and an adhesive layer in this order, in which the base layer includes a reaction cured product of a (meth)acrylic polymer and a curing agent, and the base layer has an elongation rate of 90% or more as measured by a tensile test at 25° C. and a speed of 100 mm/min and determined by the following formula, Elongation rate (%)=(elongation (mm) at break)×100/(distance (mm) between grippers before applying tension).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Satoshi TAKENAKA, Seigo KOTERA, Tetsuya HASEGAWA
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Patent number: 11565510Abstract: To provide a laminate which has a heat sealing property, a barrier property and mechanical strength, of which elution of impurities from the surface to be in contact with a chemical solution is suppressed, and of which peeling and the like hardly occur at the sealed portion of a bag and at the interfaces between the layers of the laminate when exposed to high temperature, a bag using it and a lithium ion battery. A laminate 10 comprising a first layer 12 containing a fluororesin, a second layer 14 containing a barrier material, a third layer 16 containing a fluororesin and a fourth layer 18 containing a polyamide in this order, wherein each of the fluororesin in the first layer 12 and the fluororesin in the third layer 16 is a fluororesin having a melting point of from 160 to 230° C. and having adhesive functional groups.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Yoshiaki Higuchi, Seigo Kotera
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Patent number: 11318641Abstract: To provide a film capable of suppressing both of formation of wrinkles when a release film is suction-attached to a cavity surface in compression molding, and formation of wrinkles when the cavity bottom surface to which the release film has been suction-attached is raised; and a method for producing a semiconductor element by using said film. A laminated film 1 comprises a layer 3 of shrinkable film, of which the storage elastic modulus E? at 180° C. is at least 70 MPa, and the thermal shrinkage in 30 minutes at 180° C., with reference to 20° C., in each of the machine direction (MD) and the transverse direction (TD), is at least 3%, and a fluororesin layer 5 present on one side or both sides of the shrinkable film layer 3.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventor: Seigo Kotera
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Publication number: 20220118742Abstract: As an exemplary configuration, a long film is configured by thermomeltable polymers including a first unit based on tetrafluoroethylene and a second unit based on perfluoro (alkyl vinyl ether), including spherulites of the thermomeltable polymers, wherein radius of each spherulite is 10 ?m or less. As another exemplary configuration, a long film is configured by tetrafluoroethylene polymers having a melt flow rate within a range of 5 to 40 g/10 min. The long film is heated at 180° C. for 30 minutes so as to measure the thermal expansion rate, and when letting thermal expansion rate in a first direction, which extends at a 45-degree angle to a melt flow direction be A, and thermal expansion rate in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction be B, A and B are respectively within the range of ?2 to +1%, and |A?B| is 1% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Wataru KASAI, Yuya HORIGUCHI, Seigo KOTERA, Tomoya HOSODA
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Publication number: 20200407524Abstract: To provide a dielectric film which is excellent in dielectric properties and stability in the electric corrosion test and which is suitable for producing a high-precision printed board. A roll film comprising a melt-processable fluororesin as the main component and having a thickness of from 1 to 100 ?m, the dimensional change rate of which is less than 1.0%, in terms of an absolute value, in each of MD and TD, when heated at 150° C. for 30 minutes and then cooled to 25° C., based on the dimension at 25° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Seigo KOTERA, Wataru KASAI, Junetsu NAKAMURA, Takatoshi YAOITA
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Patent number: 10730219Abstract: To provide a method for producing a fluororesin film, whereby defects due to deterioration (such as fish-eyes due to gelation) of a melt-processable fluororesin are less likely to occur during the production. A method for producing a fluororesin film, which comprises extruding a fluororesin material containing a melt-processable fluororesin through an extruder die, wherein the temperature of the extruder die is from 305 to 355° C., and the average flow velocity v0.95 of the fluororesin material as obtained by v0.95=Q0.95/A0.95, is at least 1×10?4 m/sec. Here, when the distance from the flow inlet 22 of the extruder die to the end of the manifold 24 of the extruder die is set to be x=1, Q0.95 is the flow rate (m3/sec) of the fluororesin material flowing in the manifold 24 at a position of x=0.95 from the flow inlet 22, and A0.95 is the cross-sectional area (m2) of the manifold 24 at a position of x=0.95 from the flow inlet 22.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Yoshiaki Higuchi, Seigo Kotera
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Publication number: 20200215728Abstract: To provide a film capable of suppressing both of formation of wrinkles when a release film is suction-attached to a cavity surface in compression molding, and formation of wrinkles when the cavity bottom surface to which the release film has been suction-attached is raised; and a method for producing a semiconductor element by using said film. A laminated film 1 comprises a layer 3 of shrinkable film, of which the storage elastic modulus E? at 180° C. is at least 70 MPa, and the thermal shrinkage in 30 minutes at 180° C., with reference to 20° C., in each of the machine direction (MD) and the transverse direction (TD), is at least 3%, and a fluororesin layer 5 present on one side or both sides of the shrinkable film layer 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventor: Seigo KOTERA
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Patent number: 10633529Abstract: To provide a resin composition having excellent mechanical strength and elongation, its melt-kneaded product and a molding product thereof. A resin composition comprising a fluororesin having a hydroxy group or a carbonyl group, an ester bond-containing resin having no fluorine atom and a transesterification catalyst, a melt-kneaded product obtained by melt-kneading the resin composition, a molding product, film or sheet obtained from the resin composition or the melt-kneaded product, a laminated product, a backsheet for a solar cell, and a method for producing a molding product using the resin composition or the melt-kneaded product.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Tomoaki Nakanishi, Toshiaki Sawada, Seigo Kotera, Shinji Wada
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Publication number: 20200113048Abstract: To provide a laminated body in which wrinkles and delamination are suppressed, a method for its production, and a method for producing a flexible printed circuit board in which occurrence of wrinkles and delamination is suppressed. A method for producing a laminated body comprises disposing, on one side or both sides of a first substrate composed of either one or both of a heat-resistant substrate layer and a metal foil layer, a second substrate containing a fluororesin and having a first surface of which the wetting tension is from 30 to 60 mN/m and a second surface of which the wetting tension is smaller by at least 2 mN/m than the wetting tension of the first surface, so that the first surface faces the first substrate side; and while transporting the first substrate and the second substrate, pressing them in the thickness direction at a temperature T1 of from 0 to 100° C. for lamination, to obtain a laminated body I in which the first substrate and the second substrate are directly laminated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Wataru KASAI, Seigo KOTERA
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Patent number: 10141204Abstract: To provide a film which is excellent in releasing property with respect to a resin sealed portion and excellent in low migration property and peeling property with respect to a semiconductor chip, a source electrode or a sealing glass and which is suitable as a mold release film for producing a semiconductor element having a part of the surface of a semiconductor chip, source electrode or sealing glass exposed. A film 1 which comprises a substrate 3 and an adhesive layer 5, wherein the storage elastic modulus at 180° C.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Seigo Kotera, Wataru Kasai, Masami Suzuki
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Publication number: 20180154614Abstract: To provide a method for producing a formed product comprising a fiber-reinforced composite material which is excellent in flame retardancy and chemical resistance and which can be formed into a complicated shape; and a laminated substrate which is used for the production method. A laminated substrate comprising at least one prepreg layer containing a reinforcing fiber sheet and a resin matrix, and at least one polymer layer containing a fluorinated polymer, wherein at least one interface where the prepreg layer and the polymer layer are in contact with each other is present, and adhesive functional groups are present in the surface of the polymer layer at the interface; and a method for producing a formed product, which comprises forming the above laminated substrate with heating.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Tomoya HOSODA, Takashi SATO, Toru SASAKI, Yoji NAKAJIMA, Seigo KOTERA, Junetsu NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 9977322Abstract: To provide a film or sheet and a screen excellent in visibility of a projected image, in see-through properties when an image is not projected and in bending resistance. A single-layer film or sheet comprising a fluororesin, a light-scattering agent and a light absorbing agent, characterized in that the light-scattering agent is at least one light-scattering agent selected from the group consisting of a titanium oxide-containing pigment, a zinc oxide-containing pigment and a cerium oxide-containing pigment, and the content thereof is from 0.01 to 0.175 g/m2, and the light absorbing agent is at least one light absorbing agent selected from the group consisting of carbon black, a black interference aluminum pigment, black iron oxide and titanium black, and the content thereof is from 0.0005 to 0.035 g/m2.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Yoshiaki Higuchi, Seigo Kotera
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Publication number: 20180036931Abstract: To provide a method for producing a fluororesin film, whereby defects due to deterioration (such as fish-eyes due to gelation) of a melt-processable fluororesin are less likely to occur during the production. A method for producing a fluororesin film, which comprises extruding a fluororesin material containing a melt-processable fluororesin through an extruder die, wherein the temperature of the extruder die is from 305 to 355° C., and the average flow velocity v0.95 of the fluororesin material as obtained by v0.95=Q0.95/A0.95, is at least 1×10?4 m/sec. Here, when the distance from the flow inlet 22 of the extruder die to the end of the manifold 24 of the extruder die is set to be x=1, Q0.95 is the flow rate (m3/sec) of the fluororesin material flowing in the manifold 24 at a position of x=0.95 from the flow inlet 22, and A0.95 is the cross-sectional area (m2) of the manifold 24 at a position of x=0.95 from the flow inlet 22.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Yoshiaki HIGUCHI, Seigo KOTERA
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Publication number: 20180009204Abstract: To provide a laminate which has a heat sealing property, a barrier property and mechanical strength, of which elution of impurities from the surface to be in contact with a chemical solution is suppressed, and of which peeling and the like hardly occur at the sealed portion of a bag and at the interfaces between the layers of the laminate when exposed to high temperature, a bag using it and a lithium ion battery. A laminate 10 comprising a first layer 12 containing a fluororesin, a second layer 14 containing a barrier material, a third layer 16 containing a fluororesin and a fourth layer 18 containing a polyamide in this order, wherein each of the fluororesin in the first layer 12 and the fluororesin in the third layer 16 is a fluororesin having a melting point of from 160 to 230° C. and having adhesive functional groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yoshiaki HIGUCHI, Seigo KOTERA
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Publication number: 20180004078Abstract: To provide a film or sheet and a screen excellent in visibility of a projected image, in see-through properties when an image is not projected and in bending resistance. A single-layer film or sheet comprising a fluororesin, a light-scattering agent and a light absorbing agent, characterized in that the light-scattering agent is at least one light-scattering agent selected from the group consisting of a titanium oxide-containing pigment, a zinc oxide-containing pigment and a cerium oxide-containing pigment, and the content thereof is from 0.01 to 0.175 g/m2, and the light absorbing agent is at least one light absorbing agent selected from the group consisting of carbon black, a black interference aluminum pigment, black iron oxide and titanium black, and the content thereof is from 0.0005 to 0.035 g/m2.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yoshiaki HIGUCHI, Seigo KOTERA
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Publication number: 20170323805Abstract: To provide a film which is excellent in releasing property with respect to a resin sealed portion and excellent in low migration property and peeling property with respect to a semiconductor chip, a source electrode or a sealing glass and which is suitable as a mold release film for producing a semiconductor element having a part of the surface of a semiconductor chip, source electrode or sealing glass exposed. A film 1 which comprises a substrate 3 and an adhesive layer 5, wherein the storage elastic modulus at 180° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Seigo KOTERA, Wataru KASAI, Masami SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20160272805Abstract: To provide a resin composition having excellent mechanical strength and elongation, its melt-kneaded product and a molding product thereof. A resin composition comprising a fluororesin having a hydroxy group or a carbonyl group, an ester bond-containing resin having no fluorine atom and a transesterification catalyst, a melt-kneaded product obtained by melt-kneading the resin composition, a molding product, film or sheet obtained from the resin composition or the melt-kneaded product, a laminated product, a backsheet for a solar cell, and a method for producing a molding product using the resin composition or the melt-kneaded product.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Tomoaki NAKANISHI, Toshiaki SAWADA, Seigo KOTERA, Shinji WADA
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Publication number: 20150240066Abstract: To provide a polymer composition containing an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, which is excellent in elongation, a molded product thereof, a film and a backsheet for a solar cell. A polymer composition comprising an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, a poly(meth)acrylate and a fluoroelastomer; a molded product made of such a composition; a method for producing such a molded product; and a backsheet for a solar cell, which contains a film made of the polymer composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Tomoaki NAKANISHI, Seigo Kotera, Toshiaki Sawada
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Publication number: 20150228829Abstract: To provide a blended polymer containing an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, which is excellent in weather resistance and has a high thermal deformation temperature, a molded product such as a film thereof, a back sheet for a solar cell provided with such a film, etc., and a method for producing such a molded product. A blended polymer which comprises an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer and a polymethyl methacrylate, wherein the mass ratio of the ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer to the total mass of the ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer and the polymethyl methacrylate, is from 50 to 75%, and which has a microphase-separated structure wherein the continuous phase is the ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, and the dispersed phase is the polymethyl methacrylate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Toshiaki SAWADA, Seigo Kotera, Tomoaki Nakanishi