Patents by Inventor Tomohide Banba

Tomohide Banba 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: 10025432
    Abstract: Provided is a capacitive touch panel which has enhanced sensitivity and is usable in an image display panel, etc. in this capacitive touch panel, a window, a first transparent film having a first transparent conductive electrode pattern formed on one surface thereof, and a second transparent film having a second transparent conductive electrode pattern which is formed on one surface thereof and disposed with respect to the first transparent film in such a manner as to allow a capacitance to be formed therebetween, are stacked in turn. The capacitive touch panel comprises a first transparent inter-layer resin provided between the window and the first transparent film, and a second transparent inter-layer resin provided between the first transparent film and the second transparent film, wherein the first transparent inter-layer resin has a dielectric constant greater than that of the second transparent inter-layer resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kishioka, Mayumi Kishioka, Tomohide Banba, Mitsuru Honjo, Naoki Nagaoka, Kazumasa Igarashi, Yuki Hasegawa, Hiroshi Wada, Yuki Tsubaki, Tomotake Nashiki
  • Patent number: 9796883
    Abstract: The present invention provides an excellent optical pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having an excellent adhesion property to an optical member. The present invention relates to an optical pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein a relative dielectric constant at a frequency of 1 MHz is 5 to 10, and an adhesion strength to a glass, which is measured with a peel angle of 180° and a tensile speed of 300 mm/min after 30 min of laminating the optical pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet to the glass, is 3 N/20 mm to 15 N/20 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Katami, Tomohide Banba, Shou Takarada, Masato Fujita, Takahiro Nonaka, Hiroaki Kishioka
  • Patent number: 9223165
    Abstract: Provided is an optical unit for a display panel device with a capacitive touch input function. In the optical unit, a touch panel laminate comprises: an optically transparent first substrate layer laminated to one surface of a transparent adhesive layer; a first transparent electrically conductive layer laminated, through a first undercoat layer, to a surface of the first substrate layer on a side opposite to the adhesive layer; an optically transparent second substrate layer laminated to the other surface of the adhesive layer; and a second transparent electrically conductive layer laminated, through a second undercoat layer, to a surface of the second substrate layer on a side opposite side to the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomotake Nashiki, Daisuke Kajihara, Hideo Sugawara, Tsuyoshi Chiba, Hiroaki Kishioka, Mayumi Kishioka, Tomohide Banba, Masahiro Ooura
  • Patent number: 9207482
    Abstract: A capacitive touch sensor laminate for use in a display panel device includes: a dielectric central substrate structure made of a transparent resin material and formed to have flat surfaces, respectively, on opposite sides thereof; a at least one-layer structured coat layer made of a transparent material, formed on each of the flat surfaces, and including at least one refractive index adjusting layer for suppressing visibility of an electrode pattern formed by the transparent electrically conductive layer; and a transparent electrically conductive layer formed on and in adjacent relation to the coat layer. The at least one-layer structured coat layers formed on respective ones of the flat surfaces are configured such that thicknesses of corresponding layers therein on respective opposite sides of the dielectric central substrate structure are set to allow the corresponding layers to become mutually symmetrical across the dielectric central substrate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomotake Nashiki, Kazuhiro Nakajima, Hideo Sugawara, Tsuyoshi Chiba, Hiroaki Kishioka, Mayumi Kishioka, Tomohide Banba, Masahiro Ooura
  • Patent number: 9116380
    Abstract: A display panel device has a window, a touch panel laminate and a display panel. The touch panel laminate has: a transparent first substrate layer; a first transparent conductive layer laminated to the first substrate layer through a first undercoat layer; a transparent second substrate layer; and a second transparent conductive layer laminated to the second substrate layer through a second undercoat layer. The second conductive layer faces the first conductive layer through at least the first substrate layer and the first undercoat layer. The first conductive layer is closer to the window than the first substrate layer. A polarizing film layer is bonded to the window, and a ?/4 retardation film layer is disposed between the polarizing film layer and the touch panel laminate. The display panel is disposed on a side opposite to the window with respect to the touch panel laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomotake Nashiki, Kazuhiro Nakajima, Hideo Sugawara, Tsuyoshi Chiba, Tomohide Banba, Masahiro Ooura, Mayumi Kishioka
  • Patent number: 8691924
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical-use pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, which includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing a polymer formed of one or more monomer ingredients containing, as an indispensable monomer ingredient, a monomer of which homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of not lower than ?10° C., said sheet having a moisture content of at least 0.65% by weight after stored in an environment at 60° C. and 95% RH for 120 hours. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is preferably an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Shou Takarada, Takahiro Nonaka, Hiroaki Kishioka, Hiroaki Fumoto, Tomohide Banba, Masayuki Okamoto, Masahito Niwa
  • Publication number: 20130323437
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for optical use which less suffers from a misoperation-causing change in capacitance upon application to an optical member. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for optical use includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and has a dielectric constant of from 2 to 8 at a frequency of 1 MHz and a dielectric loss tangent of more than 0 and 0.2 or less at a frequency of 1 MHz. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for optical use preferably has a dielectric constant at a frequency of 1.0×106 Hz being 60% or more of that at a frequency of 1.0×104 Hz. In addition, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for optical use preferably has an absolute value of difference between the dielectric loss tangent at a frequency of 1.0×106 Hz and that at a frequency of 1.0×104 Hz of 0.15 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohide Banba, Hiroaki Kishioka, Takahiro Nonaka, Masatomo Natsui, Hiroaki Fumoto, Shou Takarada, Takashi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130258570
    Abstract: A capacitive touch sensor laminate for use in a display panel device includes: a dielectric central substrate structure made of a transparent resin material and formed to have flat surfaces, respectively, on opposite sides thereof; a at least one-layer structured coat layer made of a transparent material, formed on each of the flat surfaces, and including at least one refractive index adjusting layer for suppressing visibility of an electrode pattern formed by the transparent electrically conductive layer; and a transparent electrically conductive layer formed on and in adjacent relation to the coat layer. The at least one-layer structured coat layers formed on respective ones of the flat surfaces are configured such that thicknesses of corresponding layers therein on respective opposite sides of the dielectric central substrate structure are set to allow the corresponding layers to become mutually symmetrical across the dielectric central substrate structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Masahiro Ooura, Tsuyoshi Chiba, Hideo Sugawara, Kazuhiro Nakajima, Tomotake Nashiki, Mayumi Kishioka, Tomohide Banba
  • Publication number: 20120270041
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive functional film in which interference fringes hardly occur and corrosion resistance is excellent. The invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive functional film including a transparent substrate, a functional layer (hard coat layer and/or anti-reflection layer) on one surface of the transparent substrate, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the other surface of the transparent substrate, wherein an amount of (meth)acrylic acid ion extracted from the pressure-sensitive adhesive functional film under the specific conditions is suitably controlled, and an approximate integral value calculated by using a transmittance curve at a wavelength of 400 to 780 nm is suitably controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo MATSUMOTO, Tomohide BANBA, Tatsuya SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20120157611
    Abstract: The present invention provides an excellent optical pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having an excellent adhesion property to an optical member. The present invention relates to an optical pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein a relative dielectric constant at a frequency of 1 MHz is 5 to 10, and an adhesion strength to a glass, which is measured with a peel angle of 180° and a tensile speed of 300 mm/min after 30 min of laminating the optical pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet to the glass, is 3 N/20 mm to 15 N/20 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Katami, Tomohide Banba, Shou Takarada, Masato Fujita, Takahiro Nonaka, Hiroaki Kishioka
  • Publication number: 20120094037
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for optical use which less suffers from a misoperation-causing change in capacitance upon application to an optical member. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for optical use includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and has a dielectric constant of from 2 to 8 at a frequency of 1 MHz and a dielectric loss tangent of more than 0 and 0.2 or less at a frequency of 1 MHz. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for optical use preferably has a dielectric constant at a frequency of 1.0×106 Hz being 60% or more of that at a frequency of 1.0×104 Hz. In addition, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for optical use preferably has an absolute value of difference between the dielectric loss tangent at a frequency of 1.0×106 Hz and that at a frequency of 1.0×104 Hz of 0.15 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohide Banba, Hiroaki Kishioka, Takahiro Nonaka, Masatomo Natsui, Hiroaki Fumoto, Shou Takarada, Takashi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120064325
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet which is capable of shielding electromagnetic waves and has an excellent transparency. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet according to the present invention includes a conductive film and pressure-sensitive adhesive layers on both sides of the conductive film and has a total light transmittance of 80% or more and a haze of 5% or less, wherein at least one surface of the conductive film has a surface resistivity of 500?/? or less. The conductive film preferably, includes a conductive layer and a film substrate layer. The double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet preferably has a thickness of 3 to 2,000 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki FUMOTO, Tomohide BANBA
  • Publication number: 20110254790
    Abstract: The invention provides a transparent adhesive sheet for flat panel display, which shows superior level difference absorbability and does not develop bubbles in the adhesion surface to a plastic plate. The transparent adhesive sheet for flat panel display is made of a cured product of a composition comprising (A) a polyoxyalkylene based polymer having at least one alkenyl group in one molecule, (B) a compound having an average of not less than 2 and less than 5 hydrosilyl groups in one molecule, and (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst, wherein the transparent adhesive sheet has a shear storage elastic modulus (G?) of not more than 1.0×105 Pa at 25° C. and 1 Hz, and a gel fraction of not less than 40%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Suzuki, Tomohide Banba, Hiroaki Fumoto
  • Publication number: 20110250460
    Abstract: The invention provides a transparent adhesive sheet for a flat panel display, which does not permit delamination on the adhesion surface to the glass plate even if a stress such as distortion, bending and the like is applied to the display, and does not produce bubbles in the boundary with the glass plate. The transparent adhesive sheet for a flat panel display comprised of a cured product of a composition comprising (A) a polyoxyalkylene based polymer having at least one alkenyl group in one molecule, (B) a compound having an average of not less than 2 hydrosilyl groups in one molecule, and (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohide Banba, Tatsuya Suzuki, Hiroaki Fumoto, Yasushi Buzoujima
  • Publication number: 20110112249
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical-use pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, which includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing a polymer formed of one or more monomer ingredients containing, as an indispensable monomer ingredient, a monomer of which homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of not lower than ?10° C., said sheet having a moisture content of at least 0.65% by weight after stored in an environment at 60° C. and 95% RH for 120 hours. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is preferably an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shou Takarada, Takahiro Nonaka, Hiroaki Kishioka, Hiroaki Fumoto, Tomohide Banba, Masayuki Okamoto, Masahito Niwa
  • Publication number: 20110111220
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical-use pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having, as measured through dynamic viscoelastometry, a storage elastic modulus at 80° C. of at least 2.0×104 Pa and a loss elastic modulus at 80° C. of at least 1.0×104 Pa, in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet has a peel force, as measured in the L-shape peel test, of at least 0.16 MPa, and has a peel distance, as measured in the constant-load peel test (under a load of 100 gf for 3 hours), of at most 50 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shou TAKARADA, Takahiro NONAKA, Tomohide BANBA
  • Publication number: 20110003090
    Abstract: Provision of a transparent adhesive sheet for flat panel display, which has superior light resistance. A transparent adhesive sheet for flat panel display, which contains a polyoxyalkylene based polymer as a main component, and a hindered amine based light stabilizer represented by the formula (I): wherein R is an alkyl group or an alkylcarbonyl group, and R? is a hydrogen atom or an organic group bonded to the 4-position of a piperidyl group via oxygen or nitrogen. Preferably, a transparent adhesive sheet for flat panel display, which is made of a cured product of a composition containing components A-D below: A: a polyoxyalkylene based polymer having at least one alkenyl group in each molecule B: a compound having an average of two or more hydrosilyl groups in each molecule C: a hydrosilylation catalyst, and D: a hindered amine based light stabilizer of the formula (I) above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicants: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Buzoujma, Hidenori Suzuki, Tatsuya Suzuki, Tomohide Banba, Katsuya Kume, Kazuhiko Ueda
  • Publication number: 20100317784
    Abstract: An object is to provide an inorganic powder-containing resin composition excellent in an ability to disperse the inorganic powder and excellent in transferability upon formation into a sheet. Another object is to provide an inorganic powder-containing resin composition capable of forming a dielectric layer having highlight transmittance (without bubble defect) and excellent in surface smoothness. The present invention relates to an inorganic powder-containing resin composition comprising A) an inorganic powder, B) a binder resin, C) diglycerin, and D) at least one diglycerin fatty acid ester selected from the group consisting of a diglycerin fatty acid monoester, a diglycerin fatty acid diester, a diglycerin fatty acid triester, and a diglycerin fatty acid tetraester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Katsuya Kume, Tomohide Banba, Makoto Kai, Yasushi Buzoujima, Itsuhiro Hatanaka, Hidenori Suzuki, Tatsuya Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20100209703
    Abstract: The present invention provides a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, including at least one pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which has a gel fraction of 10 to 70%, has a storage modulus at 23° C. of 1×105 Pa or less, and has a residual stress after 180 seconds of 3.5 N/cm2 or less, the storage modulus at 23° C. being measured in accordance with a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement and the residual stress after 180 seconds being measured in accordance with a tensile stress relaxation test under conditions of a temperature of 23° C. and a strain of 300%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shou TAKARADA, Hiroaki KISHIOKA, Tomohide BANBA, Takahiro NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20100110354
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transparent adhesive sheet for a flat-panel display, which permits easy re-peeling in early stages, has superior adhesiveness enabling adhesion to a telltale module (telltale panel) and a protective transparent plate with a high adhesive force after adhesion, is superior in adhesion stability particularly at low temperatures, and further has superior punching processability and level difference absorbability. The above-mentioned object can be achieved by a transparent adhesive sheet containing a polyoxyalkylene polymer as a main component, preferably, a transparent adhesive sheet comprised of a cured product of a composition containing a polyoxyalkylene polymer having at least one alkenyl group in one molecule (Component A), a compound having two or more hydrosilyl groups on average in one molecule (Component B) and a hydrosilylation catalyst (Component C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Suzuki, Yasushi Buzoujima, Tatsuya Suzuki, Tomohide Banba, Katsuya Kume