Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Higuchi

Tatsuya Higuchi 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: 20090256589
    Abstract: A programmable device connected to a storage unit which stores logic circuit configuration information to form a logic circuit and control circuit configuration information to form a control circuit includes a first programmable logic device and a second programmable logic device, and a configuration unit which forms the control circuit in the first programmable logic device, by providing the control circuit configuration information in the storage unit to the first programmable logic device. The control circuit formed in the first programmable logic device forms the logic circuit in the second programmable logic device, by providing the logic circuit configuration information in the storage unit to the second programmable logic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Takashi Nakagawa, Tetsuya Yatagai, Hideki Ohwada, Yoshio Takayanagi, Tatsuya Higuchi, Yuji Simoyama, Tatsuya Nakano, Tomohiro Nakano, Naoto Yamamoto, Atsushi Kato
  • Publication number: 20080299873
    Abstract: The present invention provides a CMP apparatus less susceptible to slurry adhesion, easy to cleaning off the adhering slurry therefrom and excellent in chemical resistance. The present invention is a CMP apparatus, at least one covered surface selected from the group consisting of a head portion surface and an arm portion surface for holding a polishing target member on a polishing pad, a slurry feed pipe surface and an apparatus main body inside wall being covered with a fluororesin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidenori Ozaki, Masaji Komori, Tatsuya Higuchi
  • Patent number: 7241826
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition containing a filler poor in affinity for fluororesins as uniformly dispersed therein and a method of producing such resin composition and, further, a resin composition containing, as fillers, a nucleating agent for foaming and suited for producing foamed moldings with fine foam cells uniformly distributed therein and a method of producing such resin composition as well as a foamed molding formed from either of such resin compositions. The present invention is related to a resin composition comprising a fluororesin (A) and a filler (X) low in affinity for said fluororesin (A), wherein the filler (X) has a d99 value of not more than 15 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keizou Shiotsuki, Eiji Fujita, Tatsuya Higuchi, Shouji Fukuoka, Takahiro Taira
  • Publication number: 20070149671
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition containing a filler poor in affinity for fluororesins as uniformly dispersed therein and a method of producing such resin composition and, further, a resin composition containing, as fillers, a nucleating agent for foaming and suited for producing foamed moldings with fine foam cells uniformly distributed therein and a method of producing such resin composition as well as a foamed molding formed from either of such resin compositions. The present invention is related to a resin composition comprising a fluororesin (A) and a filler (X) low in affinity for said fluororesin (A), wherein the filler (X) has a d99 value of not more than 15 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Keizou Shiotsuki, Eiji Fujita, Tatsuya Higuchi, Shouji Fukuoka, Takahiro Taira
  • Publication number: 20060035047
    Abstract: The invention provides a fluororesin composition capable of providing moldings obtained therefrom with a sufficient level of conductivity and excellent in moldability/processability as well as moldings excellent in surface smoothness and capable of inhibiting filler particles from falling off. The fluororesin composition comprising a fluorine-containing ethylenic polymer and a carbon fibril, wherein said fluorine-containing ethylenic polymer is a carbonyl group-containing one and said carbon fibril amounts to 0.3 to 20% by mass relative to the total solid matter of said carbon fibril and said fluorine-containing ethylenic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Eiji Fujita, Tatsuya Higuchi, Masaji Komori, Mutsusuke Nanba
  • Publication number: 20040198886
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition containing a filler poor in affinity for fluororesins as uniformly dispersed therein and a method of producing such resin composition and, further, a resin composition containing, as fillers, a nucleating agent for foaming and suited for producing foamed moldings with fine foam cells uniformly distributed therein and a method of producing such resin composition as well as a foamed molding formed from either of such resin compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Keizou Shiotsuki, Eiji Fujita, Tatsuya Higuchi, Shouji Fukuoka, Takahiro Taira
  • Patent number: 6780483
    Abstract: A layer of a tetrafluoroethylene copolymer having 30 to 81% by mole of tetrafluoroethylene and 70 to 19% by mole of at least one other monomer and having a carbonate group in a polymer chain or at a polymer chain terminal, which has a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 100 g/10 minutes (230° C., 5 kg-load) and a melting point of 90 to 230° C. and a layer of a polyolefin resin are adhered with a layer of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, which satisfies the following relationship: X×Y/100≧7.0, wherein X is a vinyl acetate content (% by mole) and Y is a saponification degree of a methyl ester (%). The resulting laminate has high resistance to fuels, and the layer of the tetrafluoroethylene copolymer having a carbonate group and the layer of the polyolefin resin are firmly adhered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Daikin Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Higuchi, Hidenori Ozaki, Takahiro Kitahara, Kazuo Ishiwari
  • Patent number: 6680124
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing adhesive material comprising a fluorine-containing ethylenic polymer having a carbonate group and/or a carboxylic halide group at a chain end or a side chain of polymer, wherein a total of a number of the carbonate groups and/or carboxylic halide groups is at least 150 relative to 1×106 main chain carbons, can directly impart the firm adherability to a substrate such as a metal, a glass or a resin while maintaining excellent properties such as resistance to chemicals, resistance to solvent, weatherability and resistance to stain possessed by a fluorine-containing polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Daikin Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Araki, Takahiro Kitahara, Shigehito Sagisaka, Taketo Kato, Takeshi Inaba, Kazuo Ishiwari, Tetsuo Shimizu, Hidenori Ozaki, Tatsuya Higuchi
  • Patent number: 6538084
    Abstract: A tetrafluoroethylene copolymer comprising 30 to 81 mole % of tetrafluoroethylene and a 70 to 19 mole % of at least one other monomer, and having terminal carbonate groups at polymer chain ends, which has a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 100 g/10 min. at 200° C. under a load of 5 kg, and a melting point of 90 to 200° C., a laminate comprising a layer of the above tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, and a layer of other material, and a surface film or a transparent filler material for a solar cell, which comprises the above tetrafluoroethylene copolymer is disclosed. The fluororesin can be firmly adhered directly to other materials such as resins, metals, glass, crystalline silicon, polycrystalline silicon and amorphous silicon, while maintaining characteristics such as chemical resistance, solvent resistance, non-tackiness, electrical insulation properties, stain-proofing properties and flame retardance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kitahara, Kozo Asano, Kazuo Ishiwari, Yoshihide Higashihata, Tatsuya Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20020128412
    Abstract: A tetrafluoroethylene copolymer comprising 30 to 81 mole % of tetrafluoroethylene and a 70 to 19 mole % of at least one other monomer, and having terminal carbonate groups at polymer chain ends, which has a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 100 g/10 min. at 200° C. under a load of 5 kg, and a melting point of 90 to 200° C., a laminate comprising a layer of the above tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, and a layer of other material, and a surface film or a transparent filler material for a solar cell, which comprises the above tetrafluoroethylene copolymer is disclosed. The fluororesin can be firmly adhered directly to other materials such as resins, metals, glass, crystalline silicon, polycrystalline silicon and amorphous silicon, while maintaining characteristics such as chemical resistance, solvent resistance, non-tackiness, electrical insulation properties, stain-proofing properties and flame retardance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: Daikin Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kitahara, Kozo Asano, Kazuo Ishiwari, Yoshihide Higashihata, Tatsuya Higuchi
  • Patent number: 6372870
    Abstract: A tetrafluoroethylene copolymer comprising 30 to 81 mole % of tetrafluoroethylene and a 70 to 19 mole % of at least one other monomer, and having terminal carbonate groups at polymer chain ends, which has a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 100 g/10 min. at 200° C. under a load of 5 kg, and a melting point of 90 to 200° C. This copolymer can be firmly adhered directly to other materials such as general-purpose resins while maintaining the good properties of fluororesins such as chemical resistance, weather resistance, solvent resistance, non-tackiness, electrical insulation, stain-proofing properties, and flame retardance, molded at a lower temperature than conventional fluororesins, and heat bonded or co-extruded with general-purpose resins having low heat resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Daikin Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kitahara, Kozo Asano, Kazuo Ishiwari, Yoshihide Higashihata, Tatsuya Higuchi