Patents by Inventor Takahiro Tanino

Takahiro Tanino 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: 20230408711
    Abstract: Disclosed is a scintillator panel comprising a substrate, a grid-like barrier rib formed on the substrate, a phosphor layer in cells divided by the barrier rib, and a reflective layer surrounding the side and the bottom of the phosphor layer, the scintillator panel comprising a part where the reflective layer surrounding the side of the phosphor layer is curved and a part where opposing surfaces of the reflective layer at the side of the phosphor layer are approximately parallel, wherein a ratio in a width direction of a part where the reflective layer at the bottom of the phosphor layer is curved to a part where the reflective layer at the bottom of the phosphor layer is flat is 10.0:0 to 1.0:9.0. The brightness of the scintillator panel is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Sho Miyao, Yasuhiro Kobayashi, Takahiro Tanino
  • Patent number: 11841332
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus and method are described for detecting, with high accuracy, whether a structure contains defects, where the inspection apparatus comprises: an X-ray emitting means (1a, 1b) for emitting X-rays through two or more paths; one or more X-ray detection means (3) for detecting the X-rays passing through the a structure (2); a multiple position distance measurement means (4) for measuring the distance from the X-ray emitting means to the structure at a plurality of positions; and an image processing means (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sugihara, Takahiro Tanino
  • Patent number: 11493459
    Abstract: For the purpose of enabling high-accuracy detection as to whether a molded resin product is a non-defective product or a defective product and advance detection of a molded resin product that may suffer deformation or the like in the future, the present invention relates to an inspection method and a manufacturing method for a molded resin product as well as an inspection device and a manufacturing device for a molded resin product, wherein, in an inspection of a joint interface of a molded resin product divided into a plurality of members, the height positions of defect candidates are measured from the results of detecting X rays radiated via at least two paths when the X rays are transmitted through the molded resin product, which makes it possible to detect a defect with high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sugihara, Takahiro Tanino
  • Patent number: 11287538
    Abstract: Provided is a scintillator panel including a substrate, grid-like barrier ribs formed on the substrate, and a phosphor layer in a cell separated by the barrier ribs, in which the barrier rib includes on its surface in the following order: a metallic reflective layer, and an inorganic protective layer mainly containing a nitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tanino, Nobuyasu Fujioka, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Sho Miyao
  • Patent number: 11280920
    Abstract: A problem addressed by the present invention is to provide a scintillator panel having excellent sensitivity and sharpness, and the spirit of the present invention is that the scintillator panel includes a base plate and a scintillator layer containing a binder resin and a phosphor, said scintillator layer further containing a compound represented by the following general formula (1) and/or a salt thereof; (wherein, in the general formula (1), R represents a C1-30 hydrocarbon group; m represents an integer of 1 to 20; n represents 1 or 2; and when n is 2, a plurality of Rs may be the same or different).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tanino, Sho Miyao, Natsumi Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20220057342
    Abstract: It is possible to detect, with high accuracy, whether a structure is a good product or a defective product. This inspection apparatus for a structure comprises: X-ray emitting means (1a, 1b) for emitting X-rays through two or more paths; one or more X-ray detection means (3) for detecting the X-rays passing through the a structure (2); a multiple position distance measurement means (4) for measuring the distance from the X-ray emitting means to the structure at a plurality of positions; and an image processing means (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sugihara, Takahiro Tanino
  • Publication number: 20220043170
    Abstract: A problem addressed by the present invention is to provide a scintillator panel having excellent sensitivity and sharpness, and the spirit of the present invention is that the scintillator panel includes a base plate and a scintillator layer containing a binder resin and a phosphor, said scintillator layer further containing a compound represented by the following general formula (1) and/or a salt thereof; (wherein, in the general formula (1), R represents a C1-30 hydrocarbon group; m represents an integer of 1 to 20; n represents 1 or 2; and when n is 2, a plurality of Rs may be the same or different).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tanino, Sho Miyao, Natsumi Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20200408936
    Abstract: Provided is a scintillator panel including a substrate, grid-like barrier ribs formed on the substrate, and a phosphor layer in a cell separated by the barrier ribs, in which the barrier rib includes on its surface in the following order: a metallic reflective layer, and an inorganic protective layer mainly containing a nitride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tanino, Nobuyasu Fujioka, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Sho Miyao
  • Publication number: 20200249180
    Abstract: For the purpose of enabling high-accuracy detection as to whether a molded resin product is a non-defective product or a defective product and advance detection of a molded resin product that may suffer deformation or the like in the future, the present invention relates to an inspection method and a manufacturing method for a molded resin product as well as an inspection device and a manufacturing device for a molded resin product, wherein, in an inspection of a joint interface of a molded resin product divided into a plurality of members, the height positions of defect candidates are measured from the results of detecting X rays radiated via at least two paths when the X rays are transmitted through the molded resin product, which makes it possible to detect a defect with high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: HIroki Sugihara, Takahiro Tanino
  • Patent number: 10580547
    Abstract: Provided is a scintillator panel which can be more easily and conveniently manufactured at a low cost and which has a high luminance and a high sharpness. The scintillator panel according to the present invention includes: a substrate; barrier ribs placed on the substrate; and a phosphor packed into cells separated by the barrier ribs, the phosphor having a porosity of 20% or less and having a grain boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tanino, Hideyuki Fujiwara, Naohide Itsuki
  • Patent number: 10132937
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional structure, a method for manufacturing a scintillator panel, a three-dimensional structure, and a scintillator panel that enable the type and thickness of a substrate of the scintillator panel to be selected freely. The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional structure, by which a three-dimensional structure is obtained by forming a glass pattern on a base member and then separating the glass pattern from the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tanino, Tsubasa Hamano, Nobuyasu Fujioka
  • Patent number: 10042060
    Abstract: The present invention provides a highly reliable scintillator panel capable of attaining an image having excellent clarity by markedly suppressing scattering of light emitted from a phosphor by a simple method to give emitted light having a necessary and sufficient intensity. Provided is a scintillator panel including a substrate and a phosphor layer containing a phosphor powder, wherein the phosphor layer has a plurality of recesses in a surface thereof, an area A of openings of the recesses is 500 to 70000 ?m2, and a ratio D/T of a depth D of the recesses to a thickness T of the phosphor layer is 0.1 to 0.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tsubasa Hamano, Takahiro Tanino, Takuya Nishiyama, Izumi Tajima
  • Patent number: 9791576
    Abstract: The present invention provides a scintillator panel which is provided with a narrow barrier rib with high accuracy in a large area, has a high light emission luminance, and provides sharp images. The present invention provides a scintillator panel including: a plate-like substrate; a grid-like barrier rib provided on the substrate; and a scintillator layer containing a phosphor filled in cells divided by the barrier rib, wherein the barrier rib is mainly composed of a low-melting-point glass, and the substrate is formed of a material which is mainly composed of a ceramic selected from the group consisting of alumina, aluminum nitride, mullite and steatite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsubasa Hamano, Takahiro Tanino, Yuichiro Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20170236609
    Abstract: Provided is a scintillator panel which can be more easily and conveniently manufactured at a low cost and which has a high luminance and a high sharpness. The scintillator panel according to the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tanino, Hideyuki Fujiwara, Naohide Itsuki
  • Publication number: 20170234993
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a display member, the method being capable of densely packing a composition, which contains an inorganic material including a phosphor, into cells separated by preformed barrier ribs, without damaging the barrier ribs. The method for manufacturing a display member according to the present invention includes packing a composition, which contains an inorganic material, into cells separated by barrier ribs, under an isostatic pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Fujiwara, Naohide Itsuki, Takahiro Tanino
  • Publication number: 20170192105
    Abstract: The present invention provides a highly reliable scintillator panel capable of attaining an image having excellent clarity by markedly suppressing scattering of light emitted from a phosphor by a simple method to give emitted light having a necessary and sufficient intensity. Provided is a scintillator panel including a substrate and a phosphor layer containing a phosphor powder, wherein the phosphor layer has a plurality of recesses in a surface thereof, an area A of openings of the recesses is 500 to 70000 ?m2, and a ratio D/T of a depth D of the recesses to a thickness T of the phosphor layer is 0.1 to 0.9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tsubasa Hamano, Takahiro Tanino, Takuya Nishiyama, Izumi Tajima
  • Patent number: 9481601
    Abstract: A barrier rib paste includes a low-softening point glass powder which contains silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, an alkali metal oxide, and 24 to 37 mol % of boron oxide, and also contains an organic component, wherein the content of an alkali earth metal oxide is 4 mol % or less and the content of zinc oxide is 10 mol % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kobayashi, Takahiro Tanino
  • Publication number: 20160282479
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional structure, a method for manufacturing a scintillator panel, a three-dimensional structure, and a scintillator panel that enable the type and thickness of a substrate of the scintillator panel to be selected freely. The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional structure, by which three-dimensional structure is obtained by forming a glass pattern on a base member and then separating the glass pattern from the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro TANINO, Tsubasa HAMANO, Nobuyasu FUJIOKA
  • Publication number: 20150309189
    Abstract: The present invention provides a scintillator panel which is provided with a narrow barrier rib with high accuracy in a large area, has a high light emission luminance, and provides sharp images. The present invention provides a scintillator panel including: a plate-like substrate; a grid-like barrier rib provided on the substrate; and a scintillator layer containing a phosphor filled in cells divided by the barrier rib, wherein the barrier rib is mainly composed of a low-melting-point glass, and the substrate is formed of a material which is mainly composed of a ceramic selected from the group consisting of alumina, aluminum nitride, mullite and steatite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Tsubasa Hamano, Takahiro Tanino, Yuichiro Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20150284287
    Abstract: A barrier rib paste includes a low-softening point glass powder which contains silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, an alkali metal oxide, and 24 to 37 mol % of boron oxide, and also contains an organic component, wherein the content of an alkali earth metal oxide is 4 mol % or less and the content of zinc oxide is 10 mol % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kobayashi, Takahiro Tanino