Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Watanabe

Yoshihiro Watanabe 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).

  • Antistatic acrylic fiber and a method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8183324
    Abstract: The present invention is an antistatic acrylic fiber which comprises 90 to 99% by weight of acrylonitrile polymer containing 80 to 100% by weight of acrylonitrile as a constituting component and 10 to 1% by weight of acrylic antistatic resin containing 10 to 70% by weight of acrylonitrile as a constituting component, characterized in that alkali metal ion is contained in the fiber in an amount of not less than 150 ppm. The acrylic fiber of the present invention has antistatic property which does not lower so much even if the fiber is subjected to a spinning and dyeing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Japan Exlan Company Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamato, Yoshihiro Watanabe
  • Article such as surfboard and production method thereof
    Patent number: 8113895
    Abstract: A production method of an article for water sports such as a surfboard with a hollow structure achieves a wide range of selections for users. The article is established with sufficient strength and durability, and is capable of achieving low cost and short delivery time. The article is configured by an outer shell having a hollow structure for forming an outer shape of a main body of the surfboard, a partition wall arranged within an internal space of the outer shell for connecting inner surfaces facing one another in said internal space, sectioned spaces separated and sealed by said partition wall and the inner surfaces of the outer shell, and a vent hole formed on said partition wall so that the sectioned spaces adjacent to one another can properly communicate with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Watanabe
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF PRECURSOR FIBER FOR PREPARING CARBON FIBER HAVING HIGH STRENGTH AND HIGH ELASTIC MODULUS
    Publication number: 20110311430
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a precursor fiber which can provide a carbon fiber having high strength and high elastic modulus. The process of the present invention comprises a step where an aqueous solution of amphoteric molecule is prepared; a step where carbon nanotube is added to the aqueous solution of the amphoteric molecule so that the carbon nanotube is dispersed therein to prepare a dispersion of carbon nanotube; a step where the carbon nanotube dispersion is mixed with a polyacrylonitrile polymer and rhodanate or zinc chloride to prepare a spinning dope; a step where a coagulated yarn is prepared from the spinning dope by a wet or dry-wet spinning method; and a step where the coagulated yarn is drawn to give a precursor fiber for carbon fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Yukihiko Abe, Hirokazu Nishimura, Koichi Hirao, Shinsuke Yamaguchi, Daisuke Sakura, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Bunshi Fugetsu
  • Method of manufacturing an electrostatic chuck
    Patent number: 8051548
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a gas supply structure for use in an electrostatic chuck apparatus having an electrostatic chuck on the upper surface side of a metal base (1), the gas supply structure being capable of eliminating contamination due to nonuniform cooling gas jetting quantities and deposition of a thermally spraying material and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Creative Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kinya Miyashita, Yoshihiro Watanabe
  • Feeding structure of electrostatic chuck, method for producing the same, and method for regenerating feeding structure of electrostatic chuck
    Patent number: 8027171
    Abstract: Provided is a power feeding structure of an electrostatic chuck including a lower insulation layer, an electrode layer and a surface insulation dielectric layer formed on an upper surface side of a metal substrate in order from the metal substrate, in which the lower insulation layer, the electrode layer and the surface insulation dielectric layer are not cracked easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Creative Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kinya Miyashita, Yoshihiro Watanabe
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20110228204
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided including: a display section including a plurality of pixels, a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed opposite to each other with liquid crystal therebetween in the display section, pixel electrodes which are provided over one of the first substrate and the second substrate on a pixel basis and which each do not have a slit or opening in plan view, and a common electrode which is formed over the pixel electrodes, with an organic interlayer film composed of an organic film therebetween, and which has a plurality of slits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Watanabe
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20110221792
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes: a pixel for outputting a specified color light, which is provided with liquid crystals and an electrode for driving the liquid crystals and outputs light of the specified color; a pixel for controlling luminance and color purity, which outputs a control light for controlling the luminance and the color purity of the output light of the specified color; and a driving unit driving the pixel for outputting a specified color light, and the pixel for controlling luminance and color purity based on brightness information that indicates the brightness of an external environmental light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Maeda, Norio Koma, Masashi Mitsui, Kenji Tanase, Yoshihiro Watanabe
  • Pharmaceutical composition for treating immune diseases
    Patent number: 7998478
    Abstract: An antibody against AILIM (alternatively called JTT-1 antigen, JTT-2 antigen, ICOS and 8F4) was found to have a significant therapeutic effect on arthrosis, for example, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, graft versus host disease, graft immune rejection, inflammation (hepatitis and inflammatory bowel diseases), diseased condition accompanied by the excessive production of an antibody against a foreign antigen triggered by immunological sensitization by the antigen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsunari Tezuka, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Ryo Abe
  • PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED
    Publication number: 20110156424
    Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, a cargo bed, a cabin frame surrounding a riding space, and a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed. The cargo bed can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction to the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. A backrest for the rear seat is attached to the screen shield. The screen shield can be shifted between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state when a seat bottom and the backrest of the rear seat are changed between a retracted state in which the seat bottom and the backrest are erected on the same straight line and a seatable used state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Yohei Sasaki, Naohisa Masuda, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Hirokazu Morita, Koji Nozaki, Masahiro Kawahara, Masashi Sakata, Takafumi Hisamori
  • PRESSURE VESSEL HAVING IMPROVED SEALING ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20110108557
    Abstract: In a pressure vessel (1) comprising a resin liner (2) provided with a tubular extension (22) defining a through hole therein for receiving and expelling the gas or liquid, a tubular member (100, 200, 300) fitted in the through hole of the tubular extension, a mouthpiece (4) threaded into the tubular extension, a fiber reinforced resin layer (3) placed around an outer surface of the resin liner, and a valve (60) fitted into the central bore of the tubular member, the valve include a section (62) having a smaller outer diameter than an opposing inner circumferential surface of the tubular member defining a gap between the valve and tubular member, and a resilient seal member (80) is placed in the gap. The tubular member is made of a material such as metallic material which is stiffer than the resin liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsushi Tani, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Teruyuki Nakamura, Shoji Sato
  • Intracranial electrode and method for producing same
    Patent number: 7860577
    Abstract: With use of three-dimensional data of a brain shape, a mold for forming a sheet-shaped structure having a three-dimensional shape of the gyrus or sulcus surface, or the interhemispheric fissure or interlobar fissure surface is formed. With use of the mold, a sheet-shaped silicone structure 2 having a three-dimensional shape of the gyrus or sulcus surface, or the interhemispheric fissure or interlobar fissure surface is formed. An electrode 3 is arranged on at least one side of the silicone structure 2. With this configuration, an intracranial electrode 1 in which the electrode 3 is arranged on the sheet-shaped silicone structure 2 having the three-dimensional shape of the gyrus or sulcus surface, or the interhemispheric fissure or interlobar fissure surface can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Osaka University
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirata, Toshiki Yoshimine, Youichi Saitoh, Takufumi Yanagisawa, Testu Goto, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Toshiaki Saito
  • ANTISTATIC ACRYLIC FIBER AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100324221
    Abstract: The present invention is an antistatic acrylic fiber which comprises 90 to 99% by weight of acrylonitrile polymer containing 80 to 100% by weight of acrylonitrile as a constituting component and 10 to 1% by weight of acrylic antistatic resin containing 10 to 70% by weight of acrylonitrile as a constituting component, characterized in that alkali metal ion is contained in an amount of not less than 150 ppm to the fiber. The acrylic fiber of the present invention has antistatic property which does not lower so much even if the fiber is subjected to a spinning and dyeing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamato, Yoshihiro Watanabe
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GAS SUPPLY STRUCTURE IN ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK APPARATUS, GAS SUPPLY STRUCTURE IN ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK APPARATUS, AND ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100254064
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a gas supply structure for use in an electrostatic chuck apparatus having an electrostatic chuck on the upper surface side of a metal base (1), the gas supply structure being capable of eliminating contamination due to nonuniform cooling gas jetting quantities and deposition of a thermally spraying material and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Kinya Miyashita, Yoshihiro Watanabe
  • SHOT PEENING APPARATUS AND SHOT PEENING METHOD
    Publication number: 20100199736
    Abstract: A shot peening apparatus 1 includes: a storage container 2 that stores therein shots B impacting on a shot-peening treated region U; a vibrator 5 that accelerates the shots B; a shot outlet 4 that is formed on the storage container 2, and connected to a shot collecting passage 10 through which the shots B in a container inside 2I are collected, and through which the shots B are taken out from the container inside 2I into the shot collecting passage 10; and a shot inlet 3 that is formed on the storage container 2, and connected to a shot supplying passage 9 through which the shots B are supplied into the container inside 2I, and through which the shots B are supplied into the container inside 2I from the shot supplying passage 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Fujita, Takeshi Yamamoto, Atsushi Kamiyoshi, Mitsuru Handa, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Kanehisa Hattori, Shogo Sasaki
  • FEEDING STRUCTURE OF ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR REGENERATING FEEDING STRUCTURE OF ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK
    Publication number: 20100065300
    Abstract: Provided is a power feeding structure of an electrostatic chuck including a lower insulation layer, an electrode layer and a surface insulation dielectric layer formed on an upper surface side of a metal substrate in order from the metal substrate, in which the lower insulation layer, the electrode layer and the surface insulation dielectric layer are not cracked easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Kinya Miyashita, Yoshihiro Watanabe
  • Method for packaging a photosensitive film roll, resin case therefor, method for recovering and reusing the case, and photosensitive film roll package and method for conveying the same
    Patent number: 7677014
    Abstract: A method of increasing manufacturing efficiency of printed wiring boards is provided that includes packaging a photosensitive film roll with a resin case, wherein the photosensitive film roll is formed, by winding around a core, a photosensitive film that comprises a supporting film and a photosensitive resin composition layer formed on the supporting film, wherein the photosensitive resin composition layer comprises a photosensitive resin composition that contains a binder polymer and a photopolymerizable compound having at least one polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated group within a molecule and a photopolymerization initiator, and wherein the resin case consists of a resin having a lower surface energy than the photosensitive resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Watanabe, Katsutoshi Itagaki, Tomoyuki Haga, Hideaki Tagaya
  • Liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 7663587
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has a gradation display function of at least an n-number of gray levels and has a viewing angle characteristic of Mi/Mj?1.3 in a case where a display luminance range in a normal direction to a display surface in a gradation range of predetermined gray levels i to j is Li to Lj and a display luminance range in an oblique viewing-angle direction of 30° or more is Mi to Mj (where n, i and j are real numbers, and n?i>j?0). The liquid crystal display device has a display mode in which a display image is displayed with a display luminance range of the display image being limited to Li to Lj.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yamada, Ryoichi Watanabe, Masaki Kinoshita, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Sadayasu Fujibayashi, Norihiro Yoshida
  • Article Such as Surfboard and Production Method Thereof
    Publication number: 20090286433
    Abstract: An article such as a surfboard with a hollow structure and a production method thereof achieve a wide range of selections for users. The article is established with sufficient strength and durability, and is capable of achieving low cost and short delivery time. The article is configured by an outer shell having a hollow structure for forming an outer shape of a main body of the surfboard, a partition wall arranged within an internal space of the outer shell for connecting inner surfaces facing one another in said internal space, sectioned spaces separated and sealed by said partition wall and the inner surfaces of the outer shell, and a vent hole formed on said partition wall so that the sectioned spaces adjacent to one another can properly communicate with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2006
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Watanabe
  • Method for packaging a photosensitive film roll, resin case therefor, method for recovering and reusing the case, and photosensitive film roll package and method for conveying the same
    Patent number: 7597195
    Abstract: A method for packaging a photosensitive film roll, which includes packaging the photosensitive film roll with a resin case. The photosensitive film roll is formed in a step by winding around a core, a photosensitive film comprising a supporting film and a photosensitive resin composition layer formed on the supporting film. The resin case is collapsible without generating any waste materials after the case is collapsed. The photosensitive resin layer includes a photosensitive resin composition containing a binder polymer and a photopolymerizable compound having at least one polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated group within a molecule and a photopolymerization initiator, and the resin case consists of a resin having a lower surface energy than the photosensitive resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Watanabe, Katsutoshi Itagaki, Tomoyuki Haga, Hideaki Tagaya
  • Intracranial electrode and method for producing same
    Publication number: 20090228066
    Abstract: With use of three-dimensional data of a brain shape, a mold for forming a sheet-shaped structure having a three-dimensional shape of the gyrus or sulcus surface, or the interhemispheric fissure or interlobar fissure surface is formed. With use of the mold, a sheet-shaped silicone structure 2 having a three-dimensional shape of the gyrus or sulcus surface, or the interhemispheric fissure or interlobar fissure surface is formed. An electrode 3 is arranged on at least one side of the silicone structure 2. With this configuration, an intracranial electrode 1 in which the electrode 3 is arranged on the sheet-shaped silicone structure 2 having the three-dimensional shape of the gyrus or sulcus surface, or the interhemispheric fissure or interlobar fissure surface can be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: Osaka University
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirata, Toshiki Yoshimine, Youichi Saitoh, Takufumi Yanagisawa, Testu Goto, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Toshiaki Saito