Patents by Inventor Takahiro Fukuoka

Takahiro Fukuoka 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: 20110261535
    Abstract: A power module includes a power module board including an insulating layer and a conductive circuit formed on the insulating layer, a power device provided on the power module board and electrically connected to the conductive circuit, and a thermal conductive sheet for dissipating the heat generated from the power module board and/or the power device. The thermal conductive sheet contains a plate-like boron nitride particle and the thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the thermal conductive sheet is 4 W/m·K or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji IZUTANI, Hisae UCHIYAMA, Takahiro FUKUOKA, Kazutaka HARA
  • Publication number: 20110259565
    Abstract: A heat dissipation structure includes a substrate, an electronic component mounted on the substrate, a heat dissipation member for dissipating heat generated from the electronic component, and a thermal conductive adhesive sheet provided on the substrate so as to cover the electronic component. The thermal conductive adhesive sheet includes a thermal conductive layer containing a plate-like boron nitride particle. The thermal conductive layer has a thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the thermal conductive layer of 4 W/m·K or more, and the thermal conductive adhesive sheet is in contact with the heat dissipation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji IZUTANI, Kazutaka HARA, Takahiro FUKUOKA, Hisae UCHIYAMA, Hitotsugu HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20110262728
    Abstract: A thermal conductive sheet contains a plate-like boron nitride particle, has a thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the thermal conductive sheet of 4 W/m·K or more, and has a volume resistivity of 1×1010 ?·cm or more. The transmittance of light at a wavelength of 500 nm is 10% or less. The surface reflectance R of light at 500 nm is 70% or more relative to the surface reflectance of barium sulfate as 100%. A light-emitting diode mounting substrate includes a substrate for mounting a light-emitting diode; and a thermal conductive light reflection layer being formed on the surface of the substrate and including the above-described thermal conductive sheet. A thermal conductive adhesive sheet includes a thermal conductive layer including the above-described thermal conductive sheet, and an adhesive layer or a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer laminated on at least one side of the thermal conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji IZUTANI, Hisae UCHIYAMA, Takahiro FUKUOKA, Kazutaka HARA, Hitotsugu HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20110259564
    Abstract: A thermal conductive sheet contains a plate-like boron nitride particle, wherein the thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the thermal conductive sheet is 4 W/m·K or more. The breakdown voltage of the thermal conductive sheet as measured in conformity with JIS C 2110 (2010) is 10 kV/mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji IZUTANI, Hisae Uchiyama, Takahiro Fukuoka, Kazutaka Hara, Hitotsugu Hirano
  • Publication number: 20110259568
    Abstract: A thermal conductive sheet containing a plate-like boron nitride particle, wherein the thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the thermal conductive sheet is 4 W/m·K or more, and a glass transition point determined as the peak value of tan? obtained by measuring a dynamic viscoelasticity of the thermal conductive sheet at a frequency of 10 Hz is 125° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji IZUTANI, Hisae UCHIYAMA, Takahiro FUKUOKA, Kazutaka HARA, Hitotsugu HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20110247523
    Abstract: The organic-inorganic composite particles can be dispersed as primary particles in a solvent and/or a resin and have a plurality of mutually different organic groups on the surface of inorganic particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiharu HATAKEYAMA, Junichi Nagase, Shusaku Shibata, Saori Fukuzaki, Tatsuki Nagatsuka, Takahiro Fukuoka, Tadafumi Ajiri
  • Patent number: 7998611
    Abstract: A first row of batteries and a second row of batteries both consisting of the same number of cylindrical batteries (2) arranged in parallel are held at both axial ends using holder frames (3). The holder frame (3) is formed as a rectangular parallelepiped by detachably coupling together an inner frame (4) and two outer frames (7, 8). On both lateral sides of the inner frame (4) and on the sides of the two outer frames (7, 8) opposite the inner frame (4) are provided the same number of holding parts (4a, 7b, 8b) as the rows of batteries, the holding parts being semi-circular cut-outs in which halves of the cylindrical batteries (2) can fit. Each two adjacent cylindrical batteries (2) are electrically interconnected via inter-battery connection plates (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Yoshihara, Takahiro Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20110195288
    Abstract: A sealed battery includes electrode group 4 formed by winding or stacking a positive electrode plate 1 and a negative electrode plate 2 with a separator 3 interposed between the positive electrode plate 1 and the negative electrode plate 2, the electrode group being housed in a battery case 5, and an opening of the battery case 5 being sealed with a sealing plate 10, wherein a lead 11 extending from one of the electrode plates in the electrode group 4 is laser welded to the sealing plate 10, and a welding portion 14 between the lead 11 and the sealing plate 10 has a linear shape straddling at least an end portion of the lead 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Yukio Harima, Seiji Kumazawa, Koji Funami, Takahiro Fukuoka, Kyosuke Miyata, Seiichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20110127461
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermally conductive composition obtained by a sol-gel method in which a sol containing inorganic particles, an alkoxysilane, and water is prepared, the sol is gelated to prepare a gel, and the gel is thermally cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Fukuoka, Seiji Izutani
  • Publication number: 20110129677
    Abstract: A first resin, a curable precursor of a second resin that differs from the first resin, an inorganic material and a solvent are blended and a mixed solution is prepared. Next, by heating the mixed solution, the solvent is removed and the curable precursor is cured, and an organic-inorganic composite is obtained that comprises a composite resin having a co-continuous phase-separated structure formed from a three-dimensionally continuous first phase made of the first resin and a three-dimensionally continuous second phase made of the second resin, and an inorganic material that is localized at the interface between the first phase and the second phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Fukuoka, Seiji Izutani, Hisae Uchiyama, Saori Fukuzaki, Tadafumi Adschiri
  • Publication number: 20100247992
    Abstract: An electrode group 4 formed by stacking or winding a positive electrode plate 1 and a negative electrode plate 2 with a separator 3 interposed therebetween, is housed in a battery case 5. An opening of the battery case 5 is sealed with a sealing plate 10. A lead 11 extending from one of the positive and negative electrode plates in the electrode group 4 is laser-welded to the sealing plate 10 by application of a laser beam 12 having a spot diameter smaller than a thickness of the lead 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Kyosuke Miyata, Takahiro Fukuoka, Yukio Harma, Koji Funami, Seiji Kumazawa
  • Patent number: 7776467
    Abstract: An inter-battery connection device for connecting terminals of two batteries (1a, 1b) arranged with their axes parallel to each other. The inter-battery connection device includes an inter-battery connection plate (11) that connects the battery case bottom (2) and the sealing plate (3) of the two batteries. The inter-battery connection plate (11) includes welding portions (4) at the ends of its base plate (6) for welding to the case bottom (2) and the sealing plate (3), respectively. An intermediate metal plate (7) is joined to the middle part of the base plate (6) between the welding portions (4, 4) to form an intermediate portion (5) having a greater thickness than each welding portion (4). The inter-battery connection device has reduced electric resistance while achieving improved weldability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Kato, Takahiro Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 7742136
    Abstract: A sheet with anti-counterfeit functions for making counterfeiting highly difficult in the case where authentication information is recorded using the properties of cholesteric liquid crystal is provided. A cholesteric liquid crystal layer 110 having a selective reflected wavelength band in at least the visible light region is provided in such a manner that this cholesteric liquid crystal layer 110 is a single layer of which thickness is approximately uniform, and an authentication region 112 of which selective reflected wavelength band is different is provided in at least one place. Preferably, an adhesive layer 130 is provided on one side of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer 110. Preferably, a base 120 is provided between the cholesteric liquid crystal layer 110 and the adhesive layer 130. Preferably, a light absorbing layer 140 is provided on adhesive layer 130 of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer 110.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Umemoto, Miki Shiraogawa, Takahiro Fukuoka, Naoki Takahashi, Kentarou Takeda
  • Patent number: 7641966
    Abstract: A curable re-release adhesive which, when subjected to a curing reaction caused by irradiation with radiation, shows a sufficient drop of adhesion and causes the adherend to be warped to a minimized extent as developed by the shrinkage force caused by the curing reaction. The re-release adhesive contains a radiation-reactive polymer including a main chain and a plurality of intramolecular side chains, each such side chain having a terminal carbon-carbon double bond, a chain length of 6 or more in terms of number of atoms, and the same or a different number of atoms as each other side chain in the polymer. The release adhesive shows a shrinkage force of 30 MPa or less as developed by a curing reaction upon irradiation. A re-release adhesive sheet is also disclosed, including a substrate film and an adhesive layer containing the re-release adhesive, provided on one surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Hashimoto, Takahiro Fukuoka, Koji Akazawa, Yoshio Nakagawa, Tatsuya Kubozono
  • Patent number: 7593079
    Abstract: An optical element of the invention comprises at least three laminated circular-polarization-type-reflection polarizers (a) whose wavelength bands for selective reflection of polarized light overlap one another; a layer (b1) which is placed between at least a pair of the circular-polarization-type-reflection polarizers (a) and has a front retardation of substantially zero (in the normal direction) and a retardation of at least ?/8 with respect to incident light inclined by at least 30° relative to the normal direction; and a layer (b2) which is placed between at least another pair of the circular-polarization-type-reflection polarizers (a) and has a front retardation of substantially zero (in the normal direction) and a retardation of at most ?/2 with respect to incident light inclined by 60° relative to the normal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kentarou Takeda, Naoki Takahashi, Kazutaka Hara, Takahiro Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20090123830
    Abstract: An inter-battery connection device for connecting terminals of two batteries (1a, 1b) arranged with their axes parallel to each other. The inter-battery connection device includes an inter-battery connection plate (11) that connects the battery case bottom (2) and the sealing plate (3) of the two batteries. The inter-battery connection plate (11) includes welding portions (4) at the ends of its base plate (6) for welding to the case bottom (2) and the sealing plate (3), respectively. An intermediate metal plate (7) is joined to the middle part of the base plate (6) between the welding portions (4, 4) to form an intermediate portion (5) having a greater thickness than each welding portion (4). The inter-battery connection device has reduced electric resistance while achieving improved weldability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Masahiko Kato, Takahiro Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20090104516
    Abstract: A first row of batteries and a second row of batteries both consisting of the same number of cylindrical batteries (2) arranged in parallel are held at both axial ends using holder frames (3). The holder frame (3) is formed as a rectangular parallelepiped by detachably coupling together an inner frame (4) and two outer frames (7, 8). On both lateral sides of the inner frame (4) and on the sides of the two outer frames (7, 8) opposite the inner frame (4) are provided the same number of holding parts (4a, 7b, 8b) as the rows of batteries, the holding parts being semi-circular cut-outs in which halves of the cylindrical batteries (2) can fit. Each two adjacent cylindrical batteries (2) are electrically interconnected via inter-battery connection plates (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Yasuo Yoshihara, Takahiro Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20090068555
    Abstract: Cell-to-cell connection plates (1) each integrally having a welding part (2) shaped to fall within a circular end of a battery case (7) and a connecting part (2) extending from this welding part (2) are provided. The cell-to-cell connection plates (1) are attached to one electrode terminal and the other electrode terminal of the battery case (7) by welding the welding parts (2), respectively. The connecting parts (3) of the respective cell-to-cell connection plates (1) attached to each adjoining pair of cylindrical batteries (Ba) are overlapped with each other and coupled into electric connection. Consequently, regardless of whether a plurality of cylindrical batteries (Ba) are axially arranged in series or radially juxtaposed, each adjoining two can be connected to each other by using the identical cell-to-cell connection plates (1) for cost reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: PANASONIC
    Inventors: Takahiro Fukuoka, Masahiko Kato
  • Patent number: 7393570
    Abstract: A broad band cholesteric liquid crystal film of the present invention is a cholesteric liquid crystal film obtained by coating a liquid crystal mixture containing a polymerizable mesogen compound (a), a polymerizable chiral agent (b) and a photoisomerizable material (c) on a substrate to ultraviolet polymerize a coat of the liquid crystal mixture, and has a reflection bandwidth of 200 nm or more. A broad band cholesteric liquid crystal film of the present invention has a broad reflection band, is of a thin type and can be manufactured in less of manufacturing steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kentarou Takeda, Kazutaka Hara, Naoki Takahashi, Takahiro Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 7294303
    Abstract: A broad band cholesteric liquid crystal film of the present invention comprises a cholesteric liquid crystal film obtained by polymerizing a liquid crystal mixture containing a polymerizable mesogen compound (a), a polymerizable chiral agent (b) and a photopolymerization initiator (c) between two substrates with ultraviolet light, and has a reflection bandwidth of 200 nm or more. The broad band cholesteric liquid crystal film of the present invention has a broad reflection band and is excellent in durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Fukuoka, Naoki Takahashi, Kazutaka Hara