Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Minobe

Tetsuya Minobe 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: 9557448
    Abstract: Means of solution: Optical protrusions 23 of nano-size for restricting reflection of light and protection columns 24 for preventing crushing of the optical protrusions 23 are provided on a surface of a film substrate 22. The protection columns 24 have a frustum shape. When a ratio of a projection area in which all of lateral surfaces of a single protection column 24 are projected on a surface of the film substrate 22 from a direction that is perpendicular to the surface of the film substrate 22 to a divided area on the surface of the film substrate 22 with respect to the single protection column 24 is defined to be a lateral surface projection occupying area rate, the lateral surface projection occupying area rate of the antireflection film is not more than 0.25% and not less than 0.01%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Soken Chemical & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomonobu Kato, Tetsuya Minobe, Yoshihiko Takagi, Yuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20150262764
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay has a base, an electromagnet unit mounted on the base, and having a coil, a movable contact plate having a movable contact mounted on a distal end thereof, and a first stationary contact terminal and a second stationary contact terminal. The movable contact plate is moved by electrically energizing and deenergizing the coil of the electromagnet unit to cause the movable contact to make and break contacts with the first stationary contact terminal and the second stationary contact terminal alternately. The first stationary contact terminal and the second stationary contact terminal are implanted vertically in the base. The first stationary contact terminal supports a stationary contact. The second stationary contact terminal supports an insulating member mounted thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuro Tsurusu, Masayuki Noda, Tetsuya Minobe, Shuichi Itoda
  • Publication number: 20150262777
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay has a base, a first stationary contact terminal mounted on the base, and having a first stationary contact mounted thereon, a first movable contact plate having a first movable contact mounted thereon, an electromagnet unit mounted on the base that moves the first movable contact plate to make or break a contact between the first stationary contact and the first movable contact, and a permanent magnet mounted on the base so as to extend an arcing generated between the first stationary contact and the first movable contact toward the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuro Tsurusu, Masayuki Noda, Tetsuya Minobe, Shuichi Itoda
  • Publication number: 20150116834
    Abstract: On a surface of a film base material (22), an antireflection structure configured by nano-sized optical projections (23) to suppress reflection of light and protective pillars (24) to prevent the optical projections (23) from being flattened out are arranged. The protective pillar (24) has a truncated cone shape. When a diameter of the protective pillar (24) at a proximal end thereof, a height of the protective pillar (24), and an angle between a side surface of the protective pillar (24) and a central axis of the protective pillar (24) on a section passing through the central axis of the protective pillar (24) are given by D, H, and ?, respectively, these values satisfy a relationship: D>2H×tan(2?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Soken Chemical & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Osumi, Takehiko Nakagawa, Tetsuya Minobe, Yuki Yamamoto, Yoshinori Ito, Yoshihiko Takagi
  • Publication number: 20150055032
    Abstract: Means of solution: Optical protrusions 23 of nano-size for restricting reflection of light and protection columns 24 for preventing crushing of the optical protrusions 23 are provided on a surface of a film substrate 22. The protection columns 24 have a frustum shape. When a ratio of a projection area in which all of lateral surfaces of a single protection column 24 are projected on a surface of the film substrate 22 from a direction that is perpendicular to the surface of the film substrate 22 to a divided area on the surface of the film substrate 22 with respect to the single protection column 24 is defined to be a lateral surface projection occupying area rate, the lateral surface projection occupying area rate of the antireflection film is not more than 0.25% and not less than 0.01%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: SOKEN CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonobu Kato, Tetsuya Minobe, Yoshihiko Takagi, Yuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7614776
    Abstract: A diffusing board which can suppress moiré fringes, color flickering and screen brightness deterioration on a screen of a liquid crystal display device. On the surface of a transparent board (83), a pattern wherein substantially rectangular shapes are arranged in lattice by using a synthesized pattern (86) is formed. The synthesized pattern (86) is provided by synthesizing a plurality of first uneven patterns (84) having a linear shape which is long in one direction, and a plurality of concave lens shaped second uneven patterns (85) arranged at random.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Minobe, Masayuki Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20090097274
    Abstract: On a light guide plate (32), a prism sheet (36), an uneven diffuser plate (37) and a correcting optical sheet (38) are placed one over another. Light outputted from the light guide plate (32) in a direction substantially parallel to a light outputting surface (45) is bent to a direction substantially vertical to the light outputting surface (45) by the prism sheet (36). Light which passed through the prism sheet (36) and has a long directivity characteristic in an r axis direction is converted into light having a substantially circular directivity characteristic by passing through the uneven diffuser plate (37). Furthermore, the light which passed through the uneven diffuser plate (37) and has the substantially circular directivity characteristic is converted into light having a directivity characteristic closer to a perfect circle by the correcting optical sheet (38). The correcting optical sheet (38) is formed of a pattern having many polyhedron shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Shinohara, Yasuhiro Tanoue, Yoshihiro Ueno, Kazuhide Hirota, Tetsuya Minobe
  • Publication number: 20070242475
    Abstract: A diffusing board which can suppress moiré fringes, color flickering and screen brightness deterioration on a screen of a liquid crystal display device. On the surface of a transparent board (83), a pattern wherein substantially rectangular shapes are arranged in lattice by using a synthesized pattern (86) is formed. The synthesized pattern (86) is provided by synthesizing a plurality of first uneven patterns (84) having a linear shape which is long in one direction, and a plurality of concave lens shaped second uneven patterns (85) arranged at random.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Minobe, Masayuki Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20070159845
    Abstract: A surface light source device for preventing the coloring phenomenon in the proximity of a spot light source of a light guide plate making up the surface light source device is disclosed. A spot light source of LED or the like is arranged at an edge of the light guide plate. A multiplicity of deflection patterns having a triangular cross section are arranged on the surface of the light guide plate opposite to the light exiting surface. The light entering the light guide plate are reflected on the deflection patterns and exit from the light exiting surface. The deflection patterns including a plurality of types of deflection patterns having different heights are arranged randomly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhide Hirota, Masayuki Shinohara, Tetsuya Minobe, Jun Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 7121709
    Abstract: A point-light-source type light emitting portion faces a light incident face located at a corner portion of a light guide plate. A light diffusion pattern for emitting the light in the light guide plate from a light emission face is on the lower surface of the light guide plate. A diffusion prism sheet is on the light emission face. A prism sheet including prisms each having a concentric shape with the light emitting portion at the center is on the lower surface of the diffusion prism sheet, and an uneven diffusion plate is on the upper surface of the diffusion prism sheet. Light emitted from the light emission face of the light guide plate along the light emission face is deflected in the direction perpendicular to the light guide plate by the prism sheet, and the angle of beam spread of the light is spread by the uneven diffusion plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Shinohara, Tetsuya Minobe, Isao Makuta, Yoshihiro Ueno, Mamoru Yabe
  • Publication number: 20030137824
    Abstract: A point-light-source type light emitting portion 33 is equipped so as to face a light incident face 37 located at a corner portion of a light guide plate 32. A light diffusion pattern 36 for emitting the light in the light guide plate 32 from a light emission face 45 is equipped on the lower surface of the light guide plate 32. A diffusion prism sheet 35 is disposed on the light emission face 45. A prism sheet 40 comprising prisms each having a concentric shape with the light emitting portion 33 at the center is equipped on the lower surface of the diffusion prism sheet 35, and an uneven diffusion plate 39 is equipped on the upper surface of the diffusion prism sheet 35. Light emitted from the light emission face 45 of the light guide plate 32 along the light emission face 45 is deflected in the direction perpendicular to the light guide plate 32 by the prism sheet 40, and the angle of beam spread of the light is spread by the uneven diffusion plate 39.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Masayuki Shinohara, Tetsuya Minobe, Isao Makuta, Yoshihiro Ueno, Mamoru Yabe