Patents by Inventor Yoji Teramoto

Yoji Teramoto 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: 20240045103
    Abstract: An article includes a film on a surface thereof, the film containing a resin, an organic azo-based particle, and a Ti- and O-containing particle so that the film is not separated or cracked and has a good design and good heat-shielding properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Reiko Kubota, Yoji Teramoto, Shuhei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11815656
    Abstract: An article includes a film on a surface thereof, the film containing a resin, an organic azo-based particle, and a Ti- and O-containing particle so that the film is not separated or cracked and has a good design and good heat-shielding properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Reiko Kubota, Yoji Teramoto, Shuhei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11744550
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe according to an embodiment includes a base material, a first organic layer, and a second organic layer. The base material contain polyolefin. The first organic layer is formed on the outer surface of the base material and contains epoxy resin and silicate oligomer. The second organic layer is formed on the outer surface of the first organic layer and has hydrophilicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reiko Kubota, Yoji Teramoto
  • Patent number: 11674052
    Abstract: An optical element has a lanthanum-containing glass substrate and a light-shielding film on part of the surface of the glass substrate. The light-shielding film is made from a light-shielding paint that contains at least an epoxy resin, fine particles of titania, a dye, an organic solvent, and an amine-based curing agent. The organic solvent in the light-shielding paint has a vapor pressure of 160 Pa or more and 960 Pa or less at a temperature of 20° C. The viscosity of the light-shielding paint is 10.0 mPa·s or more and 100 mPa·s or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuhei Yamamoto, Yoji Teramoto, Reiko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20230173772
    Abstract: Provided is a light transmitting member, which maintains an antifogging property over a long period of time, and is less liable to be contaminated with organic matter, the light transmitting member including, on a base material, a porous layer containing silicon oxide particles and a layer formed of a hydrophilic polymer, wherein a polymer ratio at a depth of 10 nm from a surface of the light transmitting member is 0.15 or more and 0.40 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: EIKO ASAMI, YOJI TERAMOTO, SHUHEI YAMAMOTO, SHUN OUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230174789
    Abstract: Provided is a light transmitting member including: a base material; a first porous layer formed on a first surface of a base material; and a second porous layer formed on a second surface opposed to the first surface of the base material, wherein the second porous layer has a pore volume larger than a pore volume of the first porous layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: YOJI TERAMOTO, SHUN OUCHI, YU KAMENO
  • Publication number: 20230143353
    Abstract: Provided is a member in which the strength of a second layer located on the outermost surface of the exterior is improved in order to sufficiently exhibit and maintain the functions, to thereby improve impact resistance and scratch resistance. The member is a member including a base material, a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer in the stated order, wherein the first layer is an inorganic porous layer in which a plurality of inorganic particles are joined to each other, and the first layer and the second layer have a total thickness of 0.3 ?m or more and 2 ?m or less, wherein the third layer contains a resin and has a thickness of 0.4 ?m or more and 2,000 ?m or less, and wherein the second layer contains the inorganic particles and the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Yoji Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20220111232
    Abstract: A light-transmitting member includes a substrate including a resin layer, and a functional film disposed on the substrate. The substrate has a thickness of 1 ?m or more and less than 1 mm. An optical thickness of the functional film with respect to light having a wavelength of 464 nm or more and 653 nm or less is less than a half of the wavelength. A contact angle of water with respect to an upper surface of the functional film in the light-transmitting member is less than 90°. The functional film has a porous portion containing a plurality of particles. A first particle and a second particle among the plurality of particles are bound to each other with a binder. Each of the first particle, the second particle, and the binder contains an inorganic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Shuhei Yamamoto, Tomonari Nakayama, Yoji Teramoto, Miwa Takachi, Shun Ouchi
  • Publication number: 20210321984
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe according to an embodiment includes a base material, a first organic layer, and a second organic layer. The base material contain polyolefin. The first organic layer is formed on the outer surface of the base material and contains epoxy resin and silicate oligomer. The second organic layer is formed on the outer surface of the first organic layer and has hydrophilicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reiko KUBOTA, Yoji TERAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11034854
    Abstract: A light-shielding paint includes an epoxy group-containing compound, an inorganic fine particle, a coloring agent, and an amine curing agent. The ratio (A?/A) of the mass (A?) of the amine curing agent to the active hydrogen equivalent (A) of the amine curing agent and the ratio (E?/E) of the mass (E?) of the epoxy group-containing compound to the epoxy equivalent (E) of the epoxy group-containing compound satisfy 0.1?[(A?/A)/(E?/E)]?0.45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Reiko Kubota, Yoji Teramoto, Shuhei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10947397
    Abstract: There is provided an optical apparatus which comprises a lens, and a lens barrel holding the lens, wherein a film is formed on a surface of the lens barrel, the film contains a resin, titanium oxide coated with silica, and an inorganic particle, an average particle size of the inorganic particle is 10 nm or more and 110 nm or less, and an average particle size of the titanium oxide coated with the silica is 0.2 ?m or more. Thus, it is possible to achieve the optical apparatus which, in an anoxic atmosphere, has less discoloration due to sunlight and less reflectance deterioration even when color is thin, and has the high solar reflectance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Reiko Kubota, Yoji Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20200102470
    Abstract: An optical element has a lanthanum-containing glass substrate and a light-shielding film on part of the surface of the glass substrate. The light-shielding film is made from a light-shielding paint that contains at least an epoxy resin, fine particles of titania, a dye, an organic solvent, and an amine-based curing agent. The organic solvent in the light-shielding paint has a vapor pressure of 160 Pa or more and 960 Pa or less at a temperature of 20° C. The viscosity of the light-shielding paint is 10.0 mPa·s or more and 100 mPa·s or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Shuhei Yamamoto, Yoji Teramoto, Reiko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20190353827
    Abstract: An article includes a film on a surface thereof, the film containing a resin, an organic azo-based particle, and a Ti- and O-containing particle so that the film is not separated or cracked and has a good design and good heat-shielding properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Reiko Kubota, Yoji Teramoto, Shuhei Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190169462
    Abstract: A light-shielding paint includes an epoxy group-containing compound, an inorganic fine particle, a coloring agent, and an amine curing agent. The ratio (A?/A) of the mass (A?) of the amine curing agent to the active hydrogen equivalent (A) of the amine curing agent and the ratio (E?/E) of the mass (E?) of the epoxy group-containing compound to the epoxy equivalent (E) of the epoxy group-containing compound satisfy 0.1?[(A?/A)/(E?/E)]?0.45.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Reiko Kubota, Yoji Teramoto, Shuhei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10288772
    Abstract: An optical member includes a light-transmitting substrate having a surface including an optically effective area and an optically non-effective area, the optically effective area and the optically non-effective area being located adjacent relative to each other, the optically effective area and the optically non-effective area forming an angle of not less than 45 degrees and not more than 90 degrees on the border thereof. The optical member has a textured structure having an in-plane dimension of not greater than the use wavelength, the structure being formed continuously in a boundary area extending along the border of the optically effective area and the optically non-effective area, and a light-shielding film formed in a region including at least the boundary area of the optically non-effective area on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoji Teramoto
  • Patent number: 10240063
    Abstract: A light-shielding paint includes an epoxy group-containing compound, an inorganic fine particle, a coloring agent, and an amine curing agent. The ratio (A?/A) of the mass (A?) of the amine curing agent to the active hydrogen equivalent (A) of the amine curing agent and the ratio (E?/E) of the mass (E?) of the epoxy group-containing compound to the epoxy equivalent (E) of the epoxy group-containing compound satisfy 0.1?[(A?/A)/(E?/E)]?0.45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Reiko Kubota, Yoji Teramoto, Shuhei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10126550
    Abstract: An optical element includes a substrate and a light-shielding film on a part of the periphery of the substrate. The light-shielding film contains a compound having an epoxy group, a coloring agent, inorganic particles having a refractive index of 2.2 or more, and silica particles. The average concentration of the inorganic particles in an interface region having a thickness of 15 nm from the interface between the substrate and the light-shielding film is 1.1 to 1.5 times as high as the average concentration of the inorganic particles in the light-shielding film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoji Teramoto, Shuhei Yamamoto, Reiko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20180298210
    Abstract: There is provided an optical apparatus which comprises a lens, and a lens barrel holding the lens, wherein a film is formed on a surface of the lens barrel, the film contains a resin, titanium oxide coated with silica, and an inorganic particle, an average particle size of the inorganic particle is 10 nm or more and 110 nm or less, and an average particle size of the titanium oxide coated with the silica is 0.2 ?m or more. Thus, it is possible to achieve the optical apparatus which, in an anoxic atmosphere, has less discoloration due to sunlight and less reflectance deterioration even when color is thin, and has the high solar reflectance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Reiko Kubota, Yoji Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20170276839
    Abstract: An optical member includes a light-transmitting substrate having a surface including an optically effective area and an optically non-effective area, the optically effective area and the optically non-effective area being located adjacent relative to each other, the optically effective area and the optically non-effective area forming an angle of not less than 45 degrees and not more than 90 degrees on the border thereof. The optical member has a textured structure having an in-plane dimension of not greater than the use wavelength, the structure being formed continuously in a boundary area extending along the border of the optically effective area and the optically non-effective area, and a light-shielding film formed in a region including at least the boundary area of the optically non-effective area on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventor: Yoji Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20160231563
    Abstract: An optical element includes a substrate and a light-shielding film on a part of the periphery of the substrate. The light-shielding film contains a compound having an epoxy group, a coloring agent, inorganic particles having a refractive index of 2.2 or more, and silica particles. The average concentration of the inorganic particles in an interface region having a thickness of 15 nm from the interface between the substrate and the light-shielding film is 1.1 to 1.5 times as high as the average concentration of the inorganic particles in the light-shielding film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Yoji Teramoto, Shuhei Yamamoto, Reiko Kubota