Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Kurata

Toshihiko Kurata 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: 10442915
    Abstract: A rubber composition capable of forming a conveyor belt. The rubber composition for a conveyor belt contains: rubber components including natural rubber and butadiene rubber; a vulcanizing agent; a vulcanization accelerator; carbon black; chlorinated paraffin; and antimony trioxide. A mass ratio of content of the natural rubber to content of the butadiene rubber (natural rubber content:butadiene rubber content) is 25:75 to 45:55.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Matsumuro, Toshihiko Kurata
  • Patent number: 9982124
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photocurable elastomer composition that exhibits, when cured, excellent flexibility and barrier properties and has low compression set. The photocurable elastomer composition may comprise components (A) to (D) such that the mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) ((A):(B)) is from 25:75 to 75:25, and that the content of the component (C) is 50 mass % or less based on the total content of the components (A), (B), and (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiko Kurata
  • Publication number: 20170240730
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition capable of forming a conveyor belt having an excellent low loss property, while also retaining high strength and high flame retardance as a rubber article. The rubber composition for a conveyor belt contains: rubber components including natural rubber and butadiene rubber; a vulcanizing agent; a vulcanization accelerator; carbon black; chlorinated paraffin; and antimony trioxide. A mass ratio of content of the natural rubber to content of the butadiene rubber (natural rubber content:butadiene rubber content) is 25:75 to 45:55.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko MATSUMURO, Toshihiko KURATA
  • Patent number: 9557455
    Abstract: An optical element formed by stacking each of two resin layers on a glass substrate, wherein when the second resin layer of the two resin layers counting from the glass substrate is formed, an external circumferential part of the second resin layer is formed so as to be located inward of the outer circumferential part of the first resin layer, which is located closer to the glass substrate than the second resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Toshihiko Kurata
  • Patent number: 9388267
    Abstract: A photocurable elastomer composition comprising: (A) a liquid polymer having a number average molecular weight of 5,000 or more, and mainly containing —[CH2C(CH3)2]— units; (B) a (meth)acrylate monomer; and (C) a photo polymerization initiator, the mass ratio ((A):(B)) between the component (A) and the component (B) being 10:90 to 39:61.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Kurata, Takehiro Sano
  • Patent number: 9303123
    Abstract: Provided is an energy ray-curable elastomer composition which can increase the inter-crosslinking point molecular weight without changing the kind of an energy ray-curable compound before cured and which provides an oligomer-cured substance having a braking elongation compatible with a processability, to be specific, an energy ray-curable elastomer composition containing (A) an energy ray-curable compound having a (meth)acryloyl group and (B) a polythiol compound having 2 to 6 mercapto groups in a molecule, wherein a functional group number ratio of the (meth)acryloyl group in the above composition to the mercapto group in the component (B) is 100:0.1 to 100:5n (n is the number of the mercapto group in a molecule of the polythiol compound).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Kurata, Naoyuki Ohmori
  • Publication number: 20150368388
    Abstract: A photocurable elastomer composition comprising: (A) a liquid polymer having a number average molecular weight of 5,000 or more, and mainly containing —[CH2C(CH3)2]— units; (B) a (meth)acrylate monomer; and (C) a photo polymerization initiator, the mass ratio ((A):(B)) between the component (A) and the component (B) being 10:90 to 39:61.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko KURATA, Takehiro SANO
  • Publication number: 20150361256
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photocurable elastomer composition that exhibits, when cured, excellent flexibility and barrier properties and has low compression set. The photocurable elastomer composition may comprise components (A) to (D) such that the mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) ((A):(B)) is from 25:75 to 75:25, and that the content of the component (C) is 50 mass % or less based on the total content of the components (A), (B), and (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiko KURATA
  • Patent number: 8797649
    Abstract: An achromatic lens system is provided with a cemented resin lens having positive refractive power constructed by a resin lens L11 having positive refractive power cemented with a resin lens L12 having negative refractive power, and a close-contact multi-layer type diffractive optical element L11E, the diffractive optical element L11E being disposed to an image side of the cemented resin lens, the diffractive optical element L11E being constructed by cementing two diffractive element members DE11, DE12 each made of different optical materials with each other, and the cemented surface thereof being a diffractive optical surface Gf on which grooves of a diffraction grating are formed, there by being lightweight and easily manufactured, capable of excellently correcting chromatic aberration and spherical aberration at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Nikon Vision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miho Matsumoto, Akiko Miyakawa, Toshihiko Kurata
  • Publication number: 20140036368
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical element (1) formed by stacking each of two resin layers (4, 6) on a glass substrate (2), wherein when the second resin layer (6) of the two resin layers (4, 6) counting from the glass substrate (2) is formed, an external circumferential part of the second resin layer (6) is formed so as to be located inward of the outer circumferential part, of the first resin layer (4), which is located closer to the glass substrate (2) than the second resin layer (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventor: Toshihiko Kurata
  • Publication number: 20120296000
    Abstract: Provided are a photocurable resin composition which has a short time required for curing to make it possible to enhance the productivity and which can provide a light-emitting element sealant having an excellent heat resistance and an excellent optical transparency and a light-emitting element sealant prepared by using the above photocurable resin composition. To be specific, provided are a photocurable resin composition comprising 100 parts by mass of an end-modified hydrogenated styrene-butadiene rubber (A) and 0.1 to 13 parts by mass of an ?-hydroxyalkylphenone base photopolymerization initiator and/or an acylphosphine oxide base photopolymerization initiator and a light-emitting element sealant prepared by using the above photocurable resin composition (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Kurata, Naoyuki Oomori, Kiyohiko Atami
  • Publication number: 20120157564
    Abstract: An energy ray-curable elastomer composition, which comprises an energy ray-curable compound (A) having a (meth)acryloyl group, a polythiol compound (B) having 2 to 6 mercapto groups per molecule, and a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate (C), characterized in that the ratio of the number of (meth)acryloyl functional groups in component (A) to the number of mercapto functional groups in component (B) is 100:0.1-100:5n (wherein n represents the number of mercapto groups per molecule of the polythiol compound), and component (C) is used at a ratio of 1-8 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of component (A). Thus, an energy ray-curable elastomer composition, which can achieve both high breaking elongation and good processability and shows good compression set, can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiko Kurata
  • Publication number: 20120041096
    Abstract: Provided is an energy ray-curable elastomer composition which can increase the inter-crosslinking point molecular weight without changing the kind of an energy ray-curable compound before cured and which provides an oligomer-cured substance having a braking elongation compatible with a processability, to be specific, an energy ray-curable elastomer composition containing (A) an energy ray-curable compound having a (meth)acryloyl group and (B) a polythiol compound having 2 to 6 mercapto groups in a molecule, wherein a functional group number ratio of the (meth)acryloyl group in the above composition to the mercapto group in the component (B) is 100:0.1 to 100:5n (n is the number of the mercapto group in a molecule of the polythiol compound).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Kurata, Naoyuki Ohmori
  • Publication number: 20110313076
    Abstract: Provided are a gasket-forming material for a hard disk device providing a gasket which can improve a reworking property of a cover plate and a base plate in a hard disk device and a gasket prepared by using the above material. They are a gasket-forming material for a hard disk device comprising (A) an energy ray-curable urethane liquid oligomer having a polymerizable unsaturated group and (B) a monofunctional (meth)acryl base monomer providing a cured matter having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of ?70 to 20° C. and a gasket for a hard disk device comprising a cured matter prepared by curing the above material by irradiating with an energy ray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Toshihiko Kurata
  • Patent number: 8004778
    Abstract: An achromatic lens system is provided with a cemented resin lens having positive refractive power constructed by a resin lens L11 having positive refractive power cemented with a resin lens L12 having negative refractive power, and a close-contact multi-layer type diffractive optical element L11E, the diffractive optical element L11E being disposed to an image side of the cemented resin lens, the diffractive optical element L11E being constructed by cementing two diffractive element members DE11, DE12 each made of different optical materials with each other, and the cemented surface thereof being a diffractive optical surface Gf on which grooves of a diffraction grating are formed, there by being lightweight and easily manufactured, capable of excellently correcting chromatic aberration and spherical aberration at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Nikon Vision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miho Matsumoto, Akiko Miyakawa, Toshihiko Kurata
  • Publication number: 20110149397
    Abstract: An achromatic lens system is provided with a cemented resin lens having positive refractive power constructed by a resin lens L11 having positive refractive power cemented with a resin lens L12 having negative refractive power, and a close-contact multi-layer type diffractive optical element L11E, the diffractive optical element L11E being disposed to an image side of the cemented resin lens, the diffractive optical element L11E being constructed by cementing two diffractive element members DE11, DE12 each made of different optical materials with each other, and the cemented surface thereof being a diffractive optical surface Gf on which grooves of a diffraction grating are formed, there by being lightweight and easily manufactured, capable of excellently correcting chromatic aberration and spherical aberration at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: MIHO MATSUMOTO, AKIKO MIYAKAWA, TOSHIHIKO KURATA
  • Publication number: 20100105797
    Abstract: A sealing material which comprises (A) an unsaturated group-containing ester-type urethane oligomer which is an energy ray-curable liquid resin and (B) a compound having at least one carbodiimide group in the molecule in an amount of 0.01 to 10 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the component (A) and which is excellent in moist heat durability, can retain low moisture permeability, is excellent in adhesion to a material to be jointed and can form a highly precise extrusion shape; a process for production of a scaling material excellent in long-term storage stability; a scaling material produced by the process; a gasket using a sealing material having the above-mentioned properties. A cured product of the sealing material has a reduced surface adhesion property, enables the easy removal of an HDD cover, and consequently is improved in durability against an external force produced at the time of reuse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Hiraiwa, Naoyuki Ohmori, Toshihiko Kurata
  • Publication number: 20090303600
    Abstract: An achromatic lens system is provided with a cemented resin lens having positive refractive power constructed by a resin lens L11 having positive refractive power cemented with a resin lens L12 having negative refractive power, and a close-contact multi-layer type diffractive optical element L11E, the diffractive optical element L11E being disposed to an image side of the cemented resin lens, the diffractive optical element L11E being constructed by cementing two diffractive element members DE11, DE12 each made of different optical materials with each other, and the cemented surface thereof being a diffractive optical surface Gf on which grooves of a diffraction grating are formed, there by being lightweight and easily manufactured, capable of excellently correcting chromatic aberration and spherical aberration at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Miho MATSUMOTO, Akiko MIYAKAWA, Toshihiko KURATA