Patents by Inventor Shigeru Aoyama

Shigeru Aoyama 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: 11760072
    Abstract: A multilayer film having a multi-layer structure unit which is a 51-layered or more multiple layer formed by alternately layering a layer (A layer) a main component of which is a polyester resin (resin A) having a dicarboxylic component and a diol component, and a layer (B layer) a main component of which is a thermoplastic resin (resin B) different from the resin A in optical properties; wherein at least one surface of the multi-layer structure unit has a refractive index of 1.68 or more and 1.80 or less, wherein the surface has a critical load of 15 mN or less at 100° C. in a scratch test, and wherein the multilayer film has at least one reflection bandwidth having a reflectance of 30% or more continuous over a wavelength width of 20 nm or more in a profile of reflectance measured on at least one surface side of the multi-layer structure unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Masuda, Shigeru Aoyama, Jun Sakamoto, Hiroji Kojima
  • Patent number: 11360251
    Abstract: The present invention is a film having at least one reflection band in which the reflectance is 30% or greater continuously in at least a 100-nm range in a wavelength range of 1200-1800 nm when light is incident from at least one side, the mean transmittance in a wavelength range of 430-600 nm is 70% or greater, and the average value of the axial rigidity of the film in the principal orientation axis direction of the film and in the direction orthogonal thereto is 45 N/m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takafumi Arike, Yoshihiro Masuda, Shigeru Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20210278578
    Abstract: The present invention is a film having at least one reflection band in which the reflectance is 30% or greater continuously in at least a 100-nm range in a wavelength range of 1200-1800 nm when light is incident from at least one side, the mean transmittance in a wavelength range of 430-600 nm is 70% or greater, and the average value of the axial rigidity of the film in the principal orientation axis direction of the film and in the direction orthogonal thereto is 45 N/m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takafumi Arike, Yoshihiro Masuda, Shigeru Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20210133674
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a tablet terminal, which functions as a guide image display portion, sequentially displays GUI images (guide images) that assist picking work inside a warehouse. The tablet terminal displays a guide image indicating a route to a shelf that stores the aimed commodity when an AGV starts to travel; displays a guide image indicating the shelf number and a tier level when the AGV is near the shelf that stores the aimed commodity; displays a guide image indicating a photograph of the commodity and a position of a bar code to be read by a bar code reader when the AGV is in front of the shelf that stores the aimed commodity; displays a guide image indicating a container in which the commodity should be put when the commodity is picked correctly; and displays the number of commodities for a final check.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: AMI HADA, NAOKI TANI, HIROSHI MURAOKA, SHIGERU AOYAMA, KAZUSHI KUWAHATA, HIROSHI YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200316927
    Abstract: A multilayer film having a multi-layer structure unit which is a 51-layered or more multiple layer formed by alternately layering a layer (A layer) a main component of which is a polyester resin (resin A) having a dicarboxylic component and a diol component, and a layer (B layer) a main component of which is a thermoplastic resin (resin B) different from the resin A in optical properties; wherein at least one surface of the multi-layer structure unit has a refractive index of 1.68 or more and 1.80 or less, wherein the surface has a critical load of 15 mN or less at 100° C. in a scratch test, and wherein the multilayer film has at least one reflection bandwidth having a reflectance of 30% or more continuous over a wavelength width of 20 nm or more in a profile of reflectance measured on at least one surface side of the multi-layer structure unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Masuda, Shigeru Aoyama, Jun Sakamoto, Hiroji Kojima
  • Patent number: 10699827
    Abstract: Provided is a film having excellent electrical insulation performance, heat dissipation performance, and workability. In addition, by using the film, provided are an electrical insulation sheet having excellent heat conductivity, a rotating machine using the sheet, an adhesive tape, and the like. The number of coarse projections SPc (4000) on at least one surface of the film is 15 projections/mm2 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshida, Risa Hamasaki, Shigeru Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20190096548
    Abstract: Provided is a film having excellent electrical insulation performance, heat dissipation performance, and workability. In addition, by using the film, provided are an electrical insulation sheet having excellent heat conductivity, a rotating machine using the sheet, an adhesive tape, and the like. The number of coarse projections SPc (4000) on at least one surface of the film is 15 projections/mm2 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshida, Risa Hamasaki, Shigeru Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20180044507
    Abstract: A polyester film provided with a layer (a P layer) that contains a crystalline polyester (A) also contains plate-like particles (b1) each having an aspect ratio of 2 or more and/or needle-like particle (b2) each having an aspect ratio of 2 or more, wherein the Young's modulus of the polyester film is 2 GPa or more and the values of Wb and V/Wb are 10 or more and 1 or less, respectively, wherein Wb (% by mass) represents the total content of the plate-like particles (b1) and the needle-like particles (b2) in the P layer, and V (% by volume) represents the porosity in the P layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshida, Risa Hamasaki, Shigeru Aoyama, Jun Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9396836
    Abstract: A polyester composition contains polyester, a phosphoric acid and an alkali metal phosphate, a phosphorous element content P (mol/t) is 1.8 mol/t or more and 5.0 mol/t or less relative to the whole of the polyester composition. The polyester composition contains at least one metal element of Mn and Ca, any divalent metal element content other than Mn and Ca is 5 ppm or less, and when an alkali metal element content relative to the polyester composition is denoted by M1 (mol/t), and a total amount of Mn element content and Ca element content relative to the polyester composition is denoted by M2 (mol/t), a metal element content M (mol/t) in the polyester composition which is calculated by expression (i) below and the phosphorous element content P (mol/t) satisfy expression (ii): (i) M=M1/2+M2 and (ii) 1.1?M/P?3.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tadamasa Suzuki, Shigeru Aoyama, Hiroji Kojima, Kozo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160046774
    Abstract: A film is high in water resistance and degradability and formed mainly of biodegradable resin. The film includes a thermoplastic resin (A), and a filler (B) in an amount of 1 to 70 mass % of the total mass, i.e. 100 mass %, of the film, and having a porosity of 80% or less, a tear strength of 200 mN or less in a direction, and a tensile strength of less than 15 MPa in a direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Shigeru Aoyama, Gouhei Yamamura, Takahiro Motoshiromizu, Masayuki Hirota, Risa Hamasaki, Masanori Sueoka
  • Patent number: 9056956
    Abstract: A polyethylene terephthalate composition includes a copolymer component having at least 3 functional groups in an amount of 0.01 mol % to 1.00 mol % with respect to ethylene terephthalate units, in which a ratio (Mw/Mn) between the weight average molecular weight and number average molecular weight of the polyethylene terephthalate composition is 5.0 to 8.0; an alkali metal compound in an amount of 1.0 mol/ton to 3.0 mol/ton in terms of alkali metal element; a phosphorus compound in an amount of 1.5 mol/ton to 5.0 mol/ton in terms of elemental phosphorus; and an o-chlorophenol insoluble matter in an amount of less than 0.5 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroji Kojima, Jun Sakamoto, Koichi Dan, Shigeru Aoyama
  • Patent number: 8981212
    Abstract: A polyester film includes particles and two kinds of crystalline polyester resins in which a sea-island structure is formed, wherein, if a crystallization temperature of a crystalline polyester resin A that forms a continuous phase or matrix phase in the polyester film is represented by TccA and a crystallization temperature of a crystalline polyester resin B that forms a dispersion phase or domain phase in the polyester film is represented by TccB, expression (1) below is satisfied, and a degree of flatness of the dispersion phase is 3 or more, and 70% or more of a total number of the particles present in the dispersion phase or are in contact with the dispersion phase: TccA?TccB?5° C.??Expression (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeru Aoyama, Ayako Shimazu, Atsushi Shiomi, Kozo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140209170
    Abstract: A laminate sheet including a layer containing a polyester resin as a main component (P1 layer), an adhesive resin layer (P2 layer), and a layer containing a polyolefin resin as a main component (P3 layer), wherein the laminate sheet has a total thickness of at least 30 ?m and up to 500 ?m, the P2 layer has a thickness of at least 0.1 ?m and up to 3 ?m, and a ratio of the thickness of the P1 layer (P1) to the thickness of the P3 layer (P3) (ratio P1/P3) is at least 0.2 and up to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ayako Shimazu, Atsushi Shiomi, Shigeru Aoyama, Kozo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8709589
    Abstract: A white polyester film has a high level of whiteness, reflectivity, lightness, or thermal dimensional stability, and a surface light source that is produced with the white polyester film and has a high level of brightness characteristics. The white polyester film includes a white polyester layer (W layer) containing a polyester resin component (A) and a component (B) incompatible with the resin component (A) and having voids inside, wherein the incompatible component (B) is a cyclic-olefin resin (b) having a glass transition temperature of 110° C. or more, and the content Z of the cyclic-olefin resin (b) in the white polyester layer (W layer) is from 5% by weight to 50% by weight, based on the amount of the white polyester layer (W layer). The surface light source is produced therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeru Aoyama, Akikazu Kikuchi, Kozo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8680206
    Abstract: A polyester film includes a polyester layer (W layer) containing an aromatic polyester resin (A) and a component (B) incompatible with the polyester resin (A), wherein the incompatible component (B) contains an acid-denaturated polyolefin resin (b2) and is dispersed as dispersion pieces with a flatness of 10 or higher in the polyester layer (W layer), and wherein volume occupancy of the dispersion pieces in the polyester layer (W layer) is 3 vol % to less than 50 vol %, and volume occupancy of voids in the polyester layer (W layer) is less than 3 vol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeru Aoyama, Akikazu Kikuchi, Kozo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140023841
    Abstract: A polyester composition contains polyester, a phosphoric acid and an alkali metal phosphate, a phosphorous element content P (mol/t) is 1.8 mol/t or more and 5.0 mol/t or less relative to the whole of the polyester composition. The polyester composition contains at least one metal element of Mn and Ca, any divalent metal element content other than Mn and Ca is 5 ppm or less, and when an alkali metal element content relative to the polyester composition is denoted by M1 (mol/t), and a total amount of Mn element content and Ca element content relative to the polyester composition is denoted by M2 (mol/t), a metal element content M (mol/t) in the polyester composition which is calculated by expression (i) below and the phosphorous element content P (mol/t) satisfy expression (ii): (i) M=M1/2+M2 and (ii) 1.1?M/P?3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tadamasa Suzuki, Shigeru Aoyama, Hiroji Kojima, Kozo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8609255
    Abstract: A polyester film has a laminate structure including a polyester layer (layer P1) containing a crystalline polyester and inorganic particles and a polyester layer (layer P2) containing a crystalline polyester, inorganic particles, and an antihydrolysis segment, wherein the content (Wa2) of the inorganic particles in the layer P2 is at least 10 mass % of the layer P2, the difference between the content (Wa2) (mass %) of the inorganic particles in the layer P2 and the content (Wa1) (mass %) of the inorganic particles in the layer P1, Wa2?Wa1, is 5 to 25 mass %, and the content (Wb2) of the antihydrolysis segment in the layer P2 is 0.02 to 1.5 mass % of the layer P2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeru Aoyama, Atsushi Shiomi, Tomohide Masuda, Kozo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8575476
    Abstract: An alloy substrate formed on an alloy of Ni and Mo is formed by electroforming. The alloy substrate has graded composition in which alloy composition varies in a thickness direction thereof. A lower surface side is mainly composed of Ni, and a upper surface side is mainly composed of Mo. An upper surface of the alloy substrate is formed with a large number of minute and pyramidal unevenness having high light scattering property. A CIS light absorbing layer is formed on the upper surface of the alloy substrate, and an upper electrode is provided thereabove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Morihisa Ota, Taizo Kobayashi, Akihiro Funamoto, Shigeru Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20120208943
    Abstract: A polyethylene terephthalate composition includes a copolymer component having at least 3 functional groups in an amount of 0.01 mol % to 1.00 mol % with respect to ethylene terephthalate units, in which a ratio (Mw/Mn) between the weight average molecular weight and number average molecular weight of the polyethylene terephthalate composition is 5.0 to 8.0; an alkali metal compound in an amount of 1.0 mol/ton to 3.0 mol/ton in terms of alkali metal element; a phosphorus compound in an amount of 1.5 mol/ton to 5.0 mol/ton in terms of elemental phosphorus; and an o-chlorophenol insoluble matter in an amount of less than 0.5 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroji Kojima, Jun Sakamoto, Koichi Dan, Shigeru Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20120202083
    Abstract: A biaxially oriented polyester film including a polyester layer (P1 layer) containing a polyester including ethylene terephthalate as a main constituent, a high melting point resin having a melting point TmB1 of not less than 260° C. and not more than 320° C., and inorganic particles, wherein content of the high melting point resin in the P1 layer, WB1, is not less than 2% by mass and not more than 40% by mass based on the P1 layer; in the P1 layer, dispersion phases composed of the high melting point resin are present in the polyester; and average longitudinal length of the dispersion phases is not more than 10,000 nm (10 ?m).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Shiomi, Shigeru Aoyama, Ayako Shimazu, Kozo Takahashi