Patents by Inventor Tsuguto Suzuki

Tsuguto Suzuki 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: 20230321933
    Abstract: This production method for an optical laminate is a production method for an optical laminate having a plastic film, an adhesion layer, an optical function layer and an antifouling layer laminated in order and includes an adhesion layer formation step of forming an adhesion layer, an optical function layer formation step of forming an optical function layer, a surface treatment step of treating a surface of the optical function layer so that a change rate of surface roughness represented by the prescribed formula (1) is 5% to 35% or a change rate of an average length of elements represented by the prescribed formula (2) is 7% to 70%, and an antifouling layer formation step of forming an antifouling layer on the optical function layer having a treated surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kobayashi, Zhen Huang, Katsutoshi Suzuki, Tsuguto Suzuki, Yuko Kibushi
  • Publication number: 20230324584
    Abstract: This optical laminate 101 is an optical laminate including a plastic film 11, an adhesion layer 13, an optical function layer 14 and an antifouling layer 15 laminated in order, in which the antifouling layer 15 is made of a vapor-deposited film obtained by 5 vapor deposition of an antifouling material, a film thickness of the antifouling layer 15 is 2.5 nm or more, a water vapor transmission rate is 1.5 g/(m2·1 day) or less, and a hue change ?E value of reflected color in consideration of specular light (SCI) after contacting a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution having a liquid temperature of 55° C. and a concentration of 0.1 mol/L for four hours is less than 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kobayashi, Zhen Huang, Katsutoshi Suzuki, Tsuguto Suzuki, Yuko Kibushi
  • Publication number: 20230311448
    Abstract: This method of manufacturing an optical laminate comprising a transparent substrate, an adhesion layer, an optical functional layer, and an antifouling layer laminated in this order, includes an adhesion layer forming step of forming the adhesion layer, an optical functional layer forming step of forming the optical functional layer, a surface treatment step of treating the surface of the optical functional layer so that the rate of change in surface roughness represented by formula (1) is 1˜25%, and an antifouling layer forming step of forming the antifouling layer on the surface-treated optical functional layer; Rate of change of surface roughness (%)=((Ra2/Ra1)?1)×100 (%) Formula (1) (Formula (1), where Ra1 represents the surface roughness (Ra) of the optical functional layer before the surface thereof is treated, and Ra2 represents the surface roughness (Ra) of the optical functional layer after the surface thereof is treated.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Tsuguto Suzuki, Zhen Huang, Katsutoshi Suzuki, Takahisa Watanabe, Yuko Kibushi, Tomoaki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230191732
    Abstract: This method for producing an optical laminate is a method for producing an optical laminate including a plastic film, an adhesion layer, an optical function layer, and an antifouling layer which are laminated in this order. The method includes an adhesion layer forming step of forming an adhesion layer, an optical function layer forming step of forming an optical function layer, a surface treatment step of performing glow discharge treatment of a surface of the optical function layer, and an antifouling layer forming step of forming an antifouling layer on the optical function layer which has been subjected to surface treatment. An integrated output of the glow discharge treatment is 130 W·min/m2 to 2000 W·min/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Tsuguto Suzuki, Zhen Huang, Katsutoshi Suzuki, Takahisa Watanabe, Yuko Kibushi, Tomoaki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230127573
    Abstract: This optical laminate includes a transparent substrate, an optical functional layer, and an antifouling layer laminated in this order, wherein the optical functional layer is a laminate in which a low refractive index layer and a high refractive index layer are alternately laminated, the antifouling layer is formed of a vapor-deposited film obtained by vapor deposition of an antifouling material, and the residual amount of fluorine atoms in the antifouling layer detected by XRF after 10 minutes of cleaning by irradiation with 40 KHz and 240 W ultrasonic waves in a fluorine-based solvent is 70% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kobayashi, Zhen Huang, Katsutoshi Suzuki, Tsuguto Suzuki, Yuko Kibushi
  • Publication number: 20230129985
    Abstract: This optical laminate is an optical laminate including a plastic film, an adhesion layer, an optical function layer, and an antifouling layer which are laminated in this order. The antifouling layer includes a vapor-deposited film in which an antifouling material is vapor-deposited. A water vapor transmittance is 1.5 g/(m2·1 day) or lower. A hue change ?E value in (SCI) reflected color in consideration of specular reflection light after being brought into contact with a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution having a concentration of 0.1 mol/L at a liquid temperature of 55° C. for four hours is smaller than 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kobayashi, Zhen Huang, Katsutoshi Suzuki, Tsuguto Suzuki, Yuko Kibushi