Patents by Inventor Shingo Sato
Shingo Sato 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: 20100221442Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous intermediate coating composition comprising: (A) a resin containing hydroxyl and carboxyl groups with a hydroxyl value of 100 to 200 mg KOH/g and an acid value of 20 to 50 mg KOH/g; (B) at least one curing agent selected from the group consisting of melamine resins and blocked polyisocyanate compounds; and (C) flat pigment particles; the molecular weight distribution of a curable resin component comprising component (A) and component (B) including from 30 to 50% by weight of a component with a molecular weight of less than 1,000, and 10% by weight or less of a component with a molecular weight exceeding 100,000; the proportion of component (C) being from 2 to 15 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the resin component; and when the intermediate coating composition is applied to an undercoating film, pre-dried at 100° C. for 30 minutes and then heat-cured at 145° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2007Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTDInventors: Takato Adachi, Satoru Furusawa, Shingo Sato, Terutaka Takahashi
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Publication number: 20100197088Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes: forming a first-conductivity-type semiconductor region on a semiconductor layer; forming a mask member on the first-conductivity-type semiconductor region; selectively forming an opening in the mask member; etching the first-conductivity-type semiconductor region exposed to the opening to form a trench having a larger diameter than the opening and an eaves-like mask projected above the trench and made of the mask member; and forming a second-conductivity-type semiconductor region in the trench below the eaves-like mask by epitaxial growth to form a structure section in which the first-conductivity-type semiconductor region and the second-conductivity-type semiconductor region are alternately repeated in a direction generally parallel to a major surface of the semiconductor layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoyuki SAKUMA, Shingo SATO
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Patent number: 7718729Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous intermediate coating composition comprising (A) an acrylic emulsion resin having a hydroxy value of 5 to 80 mgKOH/g and an acid value of 1 to 15 mgKOH/g, obtainable by emulsion polymerization of monomer mixture (a) comprising ethyl acrylate, a hydroxy-containing radically polymerizable unsaturated monomer and a carboxy-containing radically polymerizable unsaturated monomer, the ethyl acrylate content of the monomer mixture being 60 wt. % or more; (B) a carboxy-containing resin having a hydroxy value of more than 80 mgKOH/g but not more than 200 mgKOH/g; (C) a curing agent; and (D) a coloring pigment, and having a solids content of 60 wt. % or more. The invention also provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film using said aqueous intermediate coating composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2006Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideaki Katsuta, Shingo Sato, Satoru Furusawa, Takato Adachi
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Publication number: 20090117396Abstract: This invention offers a method for forming multilayer coating film by successively applying onto a coating object a water-based first coloring paint, water-based second coloring paint and clear paint, and simultaneously baking the resultant first coloring coating film, second coloring coating film and clear coating film, in which the water-based first coloring paint (A) comprises polyester resin and curing agent, the polyester resin containing benzene ring and cyclohexane ring in its molecules, their combined content in the polyester resin being within a range of 1.0-2.2 mols/kg (solid resin content); and that the curing agent is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of isocyanate group-containing compound, oxazoline group-containing compound, carbodiimide group-containing compound, hydrazide group-containing compound and semicarbazide group-containing compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2007Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventors: Satoru Furusawa, Takato Adachi, Shingo Sato, Terutaka Takahashi
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Publication number: 20080283015Abstract: An intake manifold is provided with partitions which divide the lower space formed under opening ends. An intake air is prevented from flowing into the lower space by the partitions. Since the intake air can be efficiently suctioned to each opening ends, pressure loss of the intake air can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2008Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo Sato, Yasutoshi Kameda
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Patent number: 7442809Abstract: A method for producing a 1,3-dioxan-4,6-dione compound from a ketone compound and a malonic acid, the method comprising: precipitating a 1,3-dioxan-4,6-dione compound as a crystal from a mixed solvent comprising a first organic solvent having a dielectric constant of 10 or more and a water, so as to form a precipitated 1,3-dioxan-4,6-dione compound; and isolating the precipitated 1,3-dioxan-4,6-dione compound by a solid-liquid separation.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shingo Sato, Hideto Mori
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Patent number: 7437833Abstract: A hand dryer is disclosed having little unpleasant blowback from the hand insertion opening portion of the hand drying chamber and little splattering of water droplets around the device, and offering superior drying performance.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2006Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: ToTo Ltd.Inventors: Shingo Sato, Yoshihiro Yonezawa, Hideyasu Kai
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Publication number: 20080228949Abstract: A first reception section is operable to receive an input to designate thumbnails of printing images from an image storage server. A first transmitter is operable to transmit an image transmission request for requesting the thumbnails to the image storage server when the input to designate the thumbnails is received by the first reception section. A first receiver is operable to receive the thumbnails from the image storage server. A second reception section is operable to receive a designation of the printing images based on the thumbnails received by the first receiver. A local area transceiver is operable to transmit an identification information request for requesting identification information of a printing device to the printing device using a local area radio communication and receives the identification information from the printing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation, Sammy Networks Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Katsunori Nagao, Shingo Sato, Kazuhiro Itagaki, Kengo Egawa, Atsushi Kamimura
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Patent number: 7391077Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate which includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity and a pair of second semiconductor layers disposed on the first semiconductor layer and spaced apart from each other to form a trench therebetween, wherein the second semiconductor layer includes a first impurity-diffused region of the first conductivity extending from a lower surface toward an upper surface of the second semiconductor layer, and a second impurity-diffused region of a second conductivity which extends from the lower surface toward the upper surface and is adjacent to the first impurity-diffused region, an insulating layer covering a sidewall of the trench, and a cap layer which is in contact with the semiconductor substrate and covers an opening of the trench to form an enclosed space in the trench, a material of the cap layer being almost the same as that of the semiconductor substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2004Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kenichi Tokano, Atsuko Yamashita, Koichi Takahashi, Hideki Okumura, Shingo Sato
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Patent number: 7357962Abstract: An automobile body-used light-colored water based coating composition containing a water dispersion (A1) prepared by water-dispersing a block copolymer resin (A) comprising a copolymer (a1) obtained by copolymerizing a monomer component containing an olefin monomer and a copolymer (a2) obtained by copolymerizing a monomer component containing a carboxyl group or carboxylic anhydride group-containing vinyl monomer, a hydroxyl group-containing resin (B), a curing agent (C) and a color pigment, a resulting coating film having a lightness L* value in accordance with a L*a*b* color system as defined in JIS Z 8729 in the range of 80 or more.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2004Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideaki Katsuta, Shingo Sato, Yoshizumi Matsuno
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Publication number: 20080015365Abstract: A method for producing a 1,3-dioxolan-4,6-dione compound from a ketone compound and a malonic acid, the method comprising: precipitating a 1,3-dioxolan-4,6-dione compound as a crystal from a mixed solvent comprising a first organic solvent having a dielectric constant of 10 or more and a water, so as to form a precipitated 1,3-dioxolan-4,6-dione compound; and isolating the precipitated 1,3-dioxolan-4,6-dione compound by a solid-liquid separation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2005Publication date: January 17, 2008Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shingo Sato, Hideto Mori
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Publication number: 20070079524Abstract: A hand dryer is disclosed having little unpleasant blowback from the hand insertion opening portion of the hand drying chamber and little splattering of water droplets around the device, and offering superior drying performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2006Publication date: April 12, 2007Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shingo Sato, Yoshihiro Yonezawa, Hideyasu Kai
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Publication number: 20060292805Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided, which includes a first main electrode region having an upper main surface and a lower main surface; a drift layer of a first conductivity type formed on the upper main surface of the first main electrode region; a base layer of a second conductivity type formed on the drift layer; a second main electrode region of the first conductivity type formed on the base layer; a trench formed through the second main electrode region to the drift layer; a gate insulation film formed on an inner wall of the trench; and a gate electrode buried in the trench with the gate insulation film interposed therebetween, wherein the drift layer includes a graded region close to the first main electrode region, the graded region having band gap decreasing from the base layer toward the first main electrode region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2006Publication date: December 28, 2006Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Keiko Kawamura, Shingo Sato
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Publication number: 20060258870Abstract: A process for producing a bipyridinium compound represented by formula (4), the process comprises: reacting a bipyridine which may have a substituent with a halogenated (hetero)aryl compound represented by formula (1), so as to produce N,N?-bis((hetero)asyl)-bipyridimium compound represented by formula (2); and reacting the N,N?-bis((hetero)aryl)-bipyridinium compound with an amine compound represented by formula (3), without subjecting the N,N?-bis((hetero)aryl)-bipyridinium compound to an isolation treatment, In formula, R represents a (hetero)aryl group; X represents a halogen atom; R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17 and R18 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and R1 represents a (hetero)aryl group which may have a substituent or an alkyl group, wherein a polyhychic alcohol is used as a reaction solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2005Publication date: November 16, 2006Inventors: Masatomi Sen, Shingo Sato, Hideto Mori, Kazumi Nii
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Publication number: 20060188656Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous intermediate coating composition comprising (A) an acrylic emulsion resin having a hydroxy value of 5 to 80 mgKOH/g and an acid value of 1 to 15 mgKOH/g, obtainable by emulsion polymerization of monomer mixture (a) comprising ethyl acrylate, a hydroxy-containing radically polymerizable unsaturated monomer and a carboxy-containing radically polymerizable unsaturated monomer, the ethyl acrylate content of the monomer mixture being 60 wt. % or more; (B) a carboxy-containing resin having a hydroxy value of more than 80 mgKOH/g but not more than 200 mgKOH/g; (C) a curing agent; and (D) a coloring pigment, and having a solids content of 60 wt. % or more. The invention also provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film using said aqueous intermediate coating composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2006Publication date: August 24, 2006Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideaki Katsuta, Shingo Sato, Satoru Furusawa, Takato Adachi
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Patent number: 7075149Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises: a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type; a first semiconductor pillar layer of the first conductivity type; a second semiconductor pillar layer of a second conductivity type; a third semiconductor pillar layer of the first conductivity type; a forth semiconductor pillar layer of the second conductivity type; a fifth semiconductor pillar layer of the first conductivity type provided on the major surface of the semiconductor layer; a first semiconductor base layer of the second conductivity type provided on the second semiconductor pillar layer; a second semiconductor base layer of the second conductivity type provided on the forth semiconductor pillar layer; first semiconductor region of the first conductivity type selectively provided on a surface of the first semiconductor base layer; second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type selectively provided on a surface of the second semiconductor base layer; gate insulating film provided on the first semicoType: GrantFiled: May 13, 2004Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Shingo Sato, Atsuko Yamashita, Hideki Okumura, Kenichi Tokano
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Patent number: 6914116Abstract: A light-colored water based intercoat coating composition containing a hydroxyl group-containing resin (A), a curing agent (B) and a color pigment (C), a resulting coating film having a lightness index or a L value of 80 or more, the curing agent (B) being a blocked polyisocyanate curing agent (B1) blocked with a pyrazole blocking agent.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2003Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideaki Katsuta, Hideo Sugai, Shingo Sato, Fumio Yamashita
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Publication number: 20050121704Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate which includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity and a pair of second semiconductor layers disposed on the first semiconductor layer and spaced apart from each other to form a trench therebetween, wherein the second semiconductor layer includes a first impurity-diffused region of the first conductivity extending from a lower surface toward an upper surface of the second semiconductor layer, and a second impurity-diffused region of a second conductivity which extends from the lower surface toward the upper surface and is adjacent to the first impurity-diffused region, an insulating layer covering a sidewall of the trench, and a cap layer which is in contact with the semiconductor substrate and covers an opening of the trench to form an enclosed space in the trench, a material of the cap layer being almost the same as that of the semiconductor substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2004Publication date: June 9, 2005Inventors: Kenichi Tokano, Atsuko Yamashita, Koichi Takahashi, Hideki Okumura, Shingo Sato
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Publication number: 20050082169Abstract: An automobile body-used light-colored water based coating composition containing a water dispersion (A1) prepared by water-dispersing a block copolymer resin (A) comprising a copolymer (a1) obtained by copolymerizing a monomer component containing an olefin monomer and a copolymer (a2) obtained by copolymerizing a monomer component containing a carboxyl group or carboxylic anhydride group-containing vinyl monomer, a hydroxyl group-containing resin (B), a curing agent (C) and a color pigment, a resulting coating film having a lightness L* value in accordance with a L*a*b* color system as defined in JIS Z 8729 in the range of 80 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2004Publication date: April 21, 2005Inventors: Hideaki Katsuta, Shingo Sato, Yoshizumi Matsuno
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Publication number: 20050014885Abstract: An automobile body external panel-used water based coating composition containing, as essential components, (A) a resin particle containing an olefin polymer and an acrylic polymer in the same particle, (B) a hydroxyl group-containing resin, (C) a curing agent, and (D) a pigment, and a multi-layer coating film-forming method by use of the water based coating composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2004Publication date: January 20, 2005Inventors: Hideaki Katsuta, Shingo Sato, Hideo Sugai, Makoto Nakano, Kojiro Kan, Hirotoshi Doki