Patents by Inventor Wataru KASAI

Wataru KASAI 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: 10716203
    Abstract: To provide an adhesive film comprising a polyimide film and a fluorinated resin layer directly laminated, in which blisters (foaming) in an atmosphere corresponding to reflow soldering at high temperature are suppressed, and a flexible metal laminate. An adhesive film having a fluorinated resin layer containing a fluorinated copolymer (A) directly laminated on one side or both sides of a polyimide film, wherein the fluorinated copolymer (A) has a melting point of at least 280° C. and at most 320° C., is melt-moldable, and has at least one type of functional groups selected from the group consisting of a carbonyl group-containing group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, and the fluorinated resin layer has a thickness of from 1 to 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoya Hosoda, Eiichi Nishi, Toru Sasaki, Yasuhiko Matsuoka, Wataru Kasai
  • Patent number: 10699916
    Abstract: To provide a mold release film which has excellent mold releasing property and is capable of reducing contamination of a mold in a sealing step; a process for producing the mold release film; and a process for producing a semiconductor package by using the mold release film. The mold release film 1 is a mold release film to be disposed on a surface of a mold which is to be in contact with a curable resin, in the production of a semiconductor package by disposing a semiconductor element in the mold, and sealing it with the curable resin to form a resin sealed portion. This mold release film 1 comprises a resin-side mold release layer 2 to be in contact with the curable resin at the time of forming the resin sealed portion, and a gas barrier layer 3. The gas barrier layer 3 contains at least one polymer (I) selected from the group consisting of a polymer having vinyl alcohol units and a polymer having vinylidene chloride units, and the thickness of the gas barrier layer 3 is from 0.1 to 5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Wataru Kasai, Masami Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200198310
    Abstract: To provide a molded product, a metal-clad laminate and a printed wiring board, each of which contains a tetrafluoroethylene type polymer, whereby an decrease in electrical characteristics is inhibited and a hole can be easily bored with UV-YAG laser; and methods for their production. A molded product containing a tetrafluoroethylene type polymer, in which the content of components other than the tetrafluoroethylene type polymer is at most 0.9 mass %, and which has a wavelength range where the extinction coefficient becomes to be from 1.2 to 4.5 at from 200 to 380 nm; and a method for its production. A metal-clad laminate having a conductive metal layer and a layer of the molded product; and a method for its production. A printed wiring board provided with the metal-clad laminate and having through-holes in the thickness direction of the polymer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Wataru KASAI, Tomoya HOSODA
  • Publication number: 20200113048
    Abstract: To provide a laminated body in which wrinkles and delamination are suppressed, a method for its production, and a method for producing a flexible printed circuit board in which occurrence of wrinkles and delamination is suppressed. A method for producing a laminated body comprises disposing, on one side or both sides of a first substrate composed of either one or both of a heat-resistant substrate layer and a metal foil layer, a second substrate containing a fluororesin and having a first surface of which the wetting tension is from 30 to 60 mN/m and a second surface of which the wetting tension is smaller by at least 2 mN/m than the wetting tension of the first surface, so that the first surface faces the first substrate side; and while transporting the first substrate and the second substrate, pressing them in the thickness direction at a temperature T1 of from 0 to 100° C. for lamination, to obtain a laminated body I in which the first substrate and the second substrate are directly laminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Wataru KASAI, Seigo KOTERA
  • Publication number: 20200092594
    Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to effectively guide a user to related content pertaining to a distribution program. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: an extraction unit configured to, on the basis of log information pertaining to a distribution program and acquired from a distribution destination device, extract a target distribution destination device from a plurality of the distribution destination devices; an identifier specifying unit configured to acquire an identifier of a guidance target associated with an identifier of the target distribution destination device; and a guidance control unit configured to cause the guidance target to display guidance information that directs to related content pertaining to the distribution program on the basis of the identifier of the guidance target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: SONY NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Wataru KASAI, Tomoyuki SUZUKI, Tetsuro KIDA, Yohei HASHIMOTO, Yutaka KIMURA, Taku SEIMIYA, Makoto SUNAYAMA, So KATAGIRI, Asuka MOMOSE
  • Publication number: 20200048420
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fluororesin film or fluororesin laminate excellent in heat resistance and excellent in interlayer adhesion to an object to be laminated, such as a prepreg, a method for producing a hot pressed laminate using said film or laminate, and a method for producing a printed circuit board. The fluororesin film contains a fluororesin having a melting point of from 260 to 380° C., and has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of at least 3.0 nm when inside of 1 ?m2 of at least one surface thereof in the thickness direction is measured by an atomic force microscope. The laminate 1 has a layer A10 containing said fluororesin and a layer B12 made of another substrate, wherein the layer A10 has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of at least 3.0 nm when inside of 1 ?m2 of a second surface 10b thereof is measured by an atomic force microscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoya HOSODA, Tatsuya TERADA, Atsumi YAMABE, Nobutaka KIDERA, Wataru KASAI
  • Patent number: 10304583
    Abstract: To provide an insulating tape for covering, in which a polyimide film and a fluorinated resin film are laminated with excellent adhesion, and a method for producing a structure, which comprises covering a conductor with such an insulating tape for covering, followed by thermal treatment. The insulating tape for covering, comprises a polyimide film and a fluorinated resin film directly laminated on one or both surfaces of the polyimide film, wherein the fluorinated resin film contains a fluorinated copolymer (A) which has a melting point of from 220 to 320° C. and can be melt-molded and which has at least one type of functional groups selected from the group consisting of carbonyl group-containing groups, hydroxy groups, epoxy groups and isocyanate groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoya Hosoda, Yasuhiko Matsuoka, Toru Sasaki, Wataru Kasai
  • Publication number: 20190085107
    Abstract: To provide an ETFE film which is unlikely to wrinkle when stretched and retracted, and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Wataru KASAI, Kengo Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20190085142
    Abstract: To provide a film excellent in breakage resistance and uniform stretchability, and a method for its production. The film is a single-layer film characterized in that it is made of a blend resin of two kinds of resins both belonging to any one of ETFE, PFA, FEP, ECTFE and PMP, wherein the melt flow rate of the film is at least 6 g/10 min. and less than 20 g/10 min., and ? of the film as measured by a prescribed measurement method is at least 0.99.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Wataru KASAI, Masami SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190008053
    Abstract: To stably produce a laminate wherein heat resistant resin layers are laminated on both surfaces of a fluorinated resin layer, by thermal lamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Toru SASAKI, Wataru KASAI
  • Patent number: 10141204
    Abstract: To provide a film which is excellent in releasing property with respect to a resin sealed portion and excellent in low migration property and peeling property with respect to a semiconductor chip, a source electrode or a sealing glass and which is suitable as a mold release film for producing a semiconductor element having a part of the surface of a semiconductor chip, source electrode or sealing glass exposed. A film 1 which comprises a substrate 3 and an adhesive layer 5, wherein the storage elastic modulus at 180° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Seigo Kotera, Wataru Kasai, Masami Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180186914
    Abstract: To provide a resin film which comprises an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer and which is to be used as, for example, a rubber plug lamination film to prevent breakage at the time of producing a laminated rubber plug. The resin film comprises an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer and is characterized in that the product of the value of the endothermic peak height ?H (mW/mg) obtained by its DSC-analysis and the haze (%) measured at a thickness of 100 ?m, is from 0.1 to 0.2 (mW/mg·%).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisuke TAGUCHI, Wataru Kasai, Yoshiaki Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20180050516
    Abstract: To provide a material for a printed circuit board which is less likely to be warped in a high temperature region (from 150 to 200° C.) while maintaining electrical properties, a metal laminate, methods for producing them, and a method for producing a printed circuit board. A material having a fluorinated resin layer is subjected to a heat treatment. The fluorinated resin layer is composed of a composition containing a fluorinated copolymer (a) having at least one type of functional group selected from the group consisting of a carbonyl group-containing group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, having a melting point of from 280 to 320° C. and a melt flow rate of at least 2 g/10 min measured at 372° C. under a load of 49 N. The heat treatment is carried out at a temperature of at least 250° C. and lower by at least 5° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoya HOSODA, Wataru KASAI, Toru SASAKI, Masatoshi ABE
  • Patent number: 9859133
    Abstract: A mold release film, which is excellent in releasability and capable of suppressing contamination of a mold or a resin-encapsulation portion by the mold release film and forming a resin-encapsulation portion excellent in adhesion to an ink layer, is provided. The mold release film is disposed on a cavity surface of a mold, in which a semiconductor element is disposed and encapsulated with a curable resin to form a resin-encapsulation portion. The mold release film has a first surface in contact with the curable resin when the resin-encapsulation portion is formed, and a second surface in contact with the cavity surface. At least the first surface is made of a fluororesin. The mold release film has an F/Al ratio of from 0.2 to 4, or an F/(C+F+O) ratio of from 0.1 to 0.3. A process for producing a semiconductor package using the mold release film is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Wataru Kasai, Masami Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170323805
    Abstract: To provide a film which is excellent in releasing property with respect to a resin sealed portion and excellent in low migration property and peeling property with respect to a semiconductor chip, a source electrode or a sealing glass and which is suitable as a mold release film for producing a semiconductor element having a part of the surface of a semiconductor chip, source electrode or sealing glass exposed. A film 1 which comprises a substrate 3 and an adhesive layer 5, wherein the storage elastic modulus at 180° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Seigo KOTERA, Wataru KASAI, Masami SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20170207105
    Abstract: To provide a mold release film which has excellent mold releasing property and is capable of reducing contamination of a mold in a sealing step; a process for producing the mold release film; and a process for producing a semiconductor package by using the mold release film. The mold release film 1 is a mold release film to be disposed on a surface of a mold which is to be in contact with a curable resin, in the production of a semiconductor package by disposing a semiconductor element in the mold, and sealing it with the curable resin to form a resin sealed portion. This mold release film 1 comprises a resin-side mold release layer 2 to be in contact with the curable resin at the time of forming the resin sealed portion, and a gas barrier layer 3. The gas barrier layer 3 contains at least one polymer (I) selected from the group consisting of a polymer having vinyl alcohol units and a polymer having vinylidene chloride units, and the thickness of the gas barrier layer 3 is from 0.1 to 5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Wataru KASAI, Masami Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9613832
    Abstract: A mold release film to be disposed on a cavity surface of a mold in a method for producing a semiconductor package wherein a semiconductor element is disposed in the mold and encapsulated with a curable resin to form a resin-encapsulation portion, characterized in that it has a first surface to be in contact with the curable resin at the time of forming the resin-encapsulation portion, and a second surface to be in contact with the cavity surface, at least one of the first surface and the second surface has irregularities formed thereon, and the surface having irregularities formed thereon, has an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of from 1.3 to 2.5 ?m and a peak count (RPc) of from 80 to 200; and a process for producing a semiconductor package by using the mold release film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Wataru Kasai, Masami Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160368175
    Abstract: To provide a mold release film having excellent releasing properties for a sealed body from a mold and excellent followability to a mold requiring significant deformation, in a method for producing a sealed body wherein a structure comprising a substrate, a semiconductor element and connection terminals, is disposed in a mold requiring significant deformation and sealed with a curable resin to form a resin sealed portion having a thickness of at least 3 mm. The mold release film has a first layer to be in contact with the curable resin at the time of forming the resin sealed portion, and a second layer, wherein the first layer has a thickness of from 5 to 30 ?m and is made of at least one member selected from the group consisting of a fluororesin and a polyolefin having a melting point of at least 200° C., and the second layer has a thickness of from 38 to 100 ?m, a product of the tensile storage modulus (MPa) at 180° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Wataru KASAI, Masami SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20160368176
    Abstract: To provide a process for producing a package for mounting a semiconductor element by using a mold, said a package for mounting a semiconductor element comprising a substrate having a mounting surface for mounting a semiconductor element and a packaging body formed from a cured product of a curable resin and having a frame-shaped portion surrounding the mounting surface, and the package has a concave portion formed by the mounting surface and the packaging body, which allows it to prevent resin burrs without occurrence of dents or damage of a substrate and failure in releasing from a mold, and to provide a mold release film to be suitably used for the production process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Wataru KASAI
  • Publication number: 20160368177
    Abstract: To provide a mold release film which is not easily electrically charged or curled, does not contaminate a mold, and has excellent mold followability, a process for its production, and a process for producing a semiconductor package by using the mold release film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Wataru KASAI, Masami Suzuki