Patents by Inventor Yoshiki Tanaka
Yoshiki Tanaka 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).
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Publication number: 20090298984Abstract: This invention provides a novel compound which can be properly used as a surfactant, a method of producing a fluoropolymer, surfactant and a fluoropolymer aqueous dispersions using the novel compound. This invention is a fluoroalkylcarboxylic acid derivative which is represented by the general formula (i): Rf1(OCH2CF2CF2)n1OCX1X2CF2(Rf2)n2COOM??(i) wherein Rf1 represents a straight or branched fluoroalkyl group containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, which fluoroalkyl group may optionally contain 1 to 5 oxygen atoms in the principal chain thereof, Rf2 represents a straight or branched fluoroalkylene group containing 1 to 25 carbon atoms, said fluoroalkylene group may optionally contain 1 to 5 oxygen atoms in the principal chain thereof, n1 represents an integer of 0 to 3, n2 represents an integer of 0 or 1, X1 and X2 are the same or different and each represents hydrogen atom or fluorine atom, and M represents NH4 or a monovalent metal element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shigeru MORITA, Yoshiki TANAKA, Keiko WASHINO, Nobuhiko TSUDA, Mitsuru KISHINE
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Publication number: 20090281098Abstract: The present invention provides a benzimidazole compound represented by Formula (I) wherein X1 is oxygen or carbonyl, and R1 is a furan ring having 1 to 3 substituents or a pyrrole ring that may have 1 to 3 substituents; excluding compounds represented by Formula (I) wherein at least one of the substituents is a phosphoric acid group or a phosphoric ester group; or a salt thereof. The benzimidazole compound or salt thereof has excellent prostaglandin synthase inhibitory activity, and is useful as an agent for preventing and/or treating diseases in which prostaglandin D2 or metabolites thereof participates, such as allergic and inflammatory diseases, and as inhibitor for the exacerbation of Alzheimer's disease or cerebral damage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2006Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Urade, Yoshiki Tanaka, Keiko Yamane, Michinori Togawa
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Publication number: 20090256982Abstract: A liquid crystal device is provided that includes a pair of substrates having a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween, the liquid crystal layer containing therein liquid crystal molecules of which the alignment state during no-voltage application corresponds to a splay alignment state; and a conductive alignment regulating member which is at least partially disposed in a frame region defining the perimeter of a pixel region on one substrate of the pair of substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2009Publication date: October 15, 2009Applicant: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiki TANAKA
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Publication number: 20090234086Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a fluoroelastomer excellent in dispersion stability at low cost, at a high rate of polymerization and in high yields. The present invention is a method of producing a fluoroelastomer comprising an emulsion polymerization of a fluorinated monomer in the presence of a water-soluble radical polymerization initiator, wherein the emulsion polymerization is carried out in the presence of a compound (1) containing a functional group reactive in radical polymerization and a hydrophilic group and a fluorinated compound (2) containing a fluorocarbon group comprising 1 to 6 continuously united carbon atom with fluorine atom directly bound to each of them as well as a hydrophilic group.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2007Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTDInventors: Mitsuru Kishine, Masanori Kitaichi, Yousuke Nishimura, Manabu Fujisawa, Yoshiki Tanaka, Shintarou Ogata, Yutaka Ueta, Shigeru Morita
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Patent number: 7589234Abstract: This invention provides a novel compound which can be properly used as a surfactant, a method of producing a fluoropolymer, surfactant and a fluoropolymer aqueous dispersions using the novel compound. This invention is a fluoroalkylcarboxylic acid derivative which is represented by the general formula (i): Rf1(OCH2CF2CF2)n1OCX1X2CF2(Rf2)n2COOM??(i) wherein Rf1 represents a straight or branched fluoroalkyl group containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, which fluoroalkyl group may optionally contain 1 to 5 oxygen atoms in the principal chain thereof, Rf2 represents a straight or branched fluoroalkylene group containing 1 to 25 carbon atoms, said fluoroalkylene group may optionally contain 1 to 5 oxygen atoms in the principal chain thereof, n1 represents an integer of 0 to 3, n2 represents an integer of 0 or 1, X1 and X2 are the same or different and each represents hydrogen atom or fluorine atom, and M represents NH4 or a monovalent metal element.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2004Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Morita, Yoshiki Tanaka, Keiko Washino, Nobuhiko Tsuda, Mitsuru Kishine
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Publication number: 20090227727Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing an elastomeric fluoropolymer excellent in productivity and crosslinkability. The present invention is a method of producing an elastomeric fluoropolymer comprising polymerizing a fluoromonomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a vinyl group-containing fluorinated emulsifier and a chain transfer agent, wherein the vinyl group-containing fluorinated emulsifier is a compound having a radical polymerizable unsaturated bond and a hydrophilic group within the molecule thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2009Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Nobuhiko TSUDA, Yoshiki TANAKA, Shigeru MORITA, Yasuhiko SAWADA, Tetsuo SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20090092748Abstract: A process for packaging an electronic device employs an insulating protective resin layer produced from one or more of the resin compositions: (1) 100 parts of an organic solvent-soluble resin having a polysiloxane skeleton and a polar group, 0.5 to 30 parts of an epoxy compound having an epoxy equivalent of more than 800, and an organic solvent, (2) 100 parts of an organic solvent-soluble resin having a polysiloxane skeleton and a polar group, 0.1 to 10 parts of an epoxy compound having an epoxy equivalent of 100 to 800, 2 to 30 weight parts of a polyvalent isocyanate compound, and an organic solvent; and (3) 100 parts of an organic solvent-soluble resin having a polysiloxane skeleton and a polar group, 0.1 to 20 parts of an epoxy compound having an epoxy equivalent of more than 800, 2 to 30 parts of a polyvalent isocyanate compound, and an organic solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2008Publication date: April 9, 2009Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro NAIKI, Masayuki KINOUCHI, Seiji ISHIKAWA, Yuji Matsui, Yoshiki TANAKA
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Patent number: 7491427Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To provide a polyimidesiloxane solution composition that is excellent in defoaming ability and that can maintain the wettability of an outer lead bonded portion on a wiring board at a high level, even when it is applied on the surface of the wiring board and then cured, to form an insulating cured film. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A polyimidesiloxane solution composition which comprises an organic solvent, polyimidesiloxane soluble in the organic solvent, a curable components such as an epoxy compound and a polyvalent isocyanate compound, and a silicone defoamer, wherein the silicone defoaming agent comprises dimethylpolysiloxane, a polysiloxane compound having a hydrophilic group in a side chain or a terminal moiety, and a micro-powder silica.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2005Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: UBE Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Koji Hayashi, Yoshiki Tanaka, Katsutoshi Hirashima, Seiichirou Takabayashi
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Publication number: 20090036604Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a fluoroelastomer using an emulsifier which is inexpensive and hardly remains in product polymers. The present invention is related to a method for producing a fluoroelastomer, wherein vinylidene fluoride and at least one fluoroolefin monomer other than vinylidene fluoride are copolymerized in the manner of an emulsion polymerization in the presence of an emulsifier represented by C5F11COOM, wherein M represents H, NH4 or an alkali metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Mitsuru KISHINE, Masanori KITAICHI, Shigeru MORITA, Yoshiki TANAKA, Daisuke OTA
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Publication number: 20080256450Abstract: In an information presenting apparatus, information associated with each of one or more motion images stored in a storage apparatus is displayed at a location corresponding to a file production time in the form of a calendar view. A plurality of frames of representative images are extracted from each motion image in accordance with a specified frame extraction method. Thumbnail images of the respective extracted representative images are produced, and each thumbnail image is related to a playback position in the motion image. The resultant thumbnail images are managed as a set of motion image thumbnail images in accordance with a production time of the motion image. Information associated with each motion image is displayed at a location corresponding to the production time of the motion image in the form of the calendar view. Thumbnail images associated with each motion image are displayed in an expanded form in the order of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2008Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroki Takakura, Hiroki Masuda, Masatomo Kurata, Masakazu Hayashi, Yuji Kojima, Yoshiki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20080227948Abstract: The present invention provides an elastomeric fluoropolymer excellent in productivity and crosslinkability and a method of producing the same. The present invention is an elastomeric fluoropolymer having a vinyl group-containing fluorinated emulsifier-derived unit (A) and a unit (B) derived from a cure site monomer (b1) and/or bromine atom- and/or iodine atom-containing saturated aliphatic compound (b2), wherein the vinyl group-containing fluorinated emulsifier is a compound having a radical polymerizable unsaturated bond and a hydrophilic group within the molecule.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2005Publication date: September 18, 2008Inventors: Nobuhiko Tsuda, Yoshiki Tanaka, Shigeru Morita, Yasuhiko Sawada, Tetsuo Shimizu
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Publication number: 20080114118Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a fluorine-containing elastomer polymer which is excellent in productivity and crosslinkability. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a fluorine-containing elastomer polymer wherein a fluorine-containing monomer is polymerized in an aqueous solvent in the presence of an emulsifying agent containing a fluorine-containing vinyl group and a chain transfer agent. This method for producing a fluorine-containing elastomer polymer is characterized in that the emulsifying agent containing a fluorine-containing vinyl group is composed of a compound having a radically polymerizable unsaturated bond and a hydrophilic group in a molecule.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2005Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: Nobuhiko Tsuda, Yoshiki Tanaka, Shigeru Morita, Yasuhiko Sawada, Tetsuo Shimizu
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Publication number: 20080027953Abstract: An apparatus and method allowing for high-quality data acquisition and playback processing based on content information transmitted from a server to a client are provided. Property information constituting meta-information corresponding to content-associated attribute information stores data-scheme information on original content held by the server, such as file format information, codec information representing an encoded-data scheme, and resolution information. In response to a content information acquisition request from the client, content information including the data-scheme information on the original content is generated and is transmitted to the client. This structure allows the client to output a content transmission request in which the optimum data scheme is determined based on the data scheme of the original content. Therefore, high-quality data acquisition and playback can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2003Publication date: January 31, 2008Inventors: Toshihiro Morita, Yoshiyuki Takaku, Norifumi Kikkawa, Yoshiki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20080019225Abstract: A driver IC 1 has a bias terminal 20a via which a bias voltage fed from a microcomputer 2 to drive and control a loading motor 4 is fed in and a bias terminal 20b via which a bias voltage fed from a DSP 3 to drive and control a focus coil 5, a tracking coil 6, a sled motor 7, and a spindle motor 8 is fed in.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Seiichi Yamamoto, Kenichi Niiyama, Nobuo Nakamachi, Yoshiki Tanaka, Shinsuke Takagimoto
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Patent number: 7289396Abstract: A driver IC 1 has a bias terminal 20a via which a bias voltage fed from a microcomputer 2 to drive and control a loading motor 4 is fed in and a bias terminal 20b via which a bias voltage fed from a DSP 3 to drive and control a focus coil 5, a tracking coil 6, a sled motor 7, and a spindle motor 8 is fed in.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2004Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiichi Yamamoto, Kenichi Niiyama, Nobuo Nakamachi, Yoshiki Tanaka, Shinsuke Takagimoto
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Publication number: 20070208131Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing an elastomeric fluoropolymer excellent in moldability and processability and in mechanical strength, such as permanent compression set, and chemical strength, such as chemical resistance. The present invention is a method of producing an elastomeric fluoropolymer which comprises first polymerization step for obtaining an aqueous emulsion by emulsion polymerization of a fluoromonomer [A] in an aqueous medium in the presence of a vinyl group-containing fluorinated emulsifier and second polymerization step for producing an elastomeric fluoropolymer by emulsion polymerization of a fluoromonomer [B] in the aqueous emulsion, wherein the vinyl group-containing fluorinated emulsifier is a compound having a radical polymerizable unsaturated bond and a hydrophilic group within the molecule thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2005Publication date: September 6, 2007Inventors: Nobuhiko Tsuda, Yoshiki Tanaka, Sshigeru Morita, Yasuhiko Sawada, Tetsuo Shimzu
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Publication number: 20070182899Abstract: A wide viewing angle is achieved with a liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of this invention, in which alignment directions of liquid crystal molecules are controlled by electric field between electrodes on a substrate. A pixel electrode and an insulating film covering the pixel electrode are formed on a TFT substrate. A plurality of concave portions and convex portions extending in parallel to each other are formed in the insulating film alternately. A common electrode is formed on each of the concave portions. And a CF substrate is disposed facing to the common electrodes. A liquid crystal layer is disposed between the insulating film and the common electrodes and the liquid crystal layer. When a predetermined voltage is applied to the pixel electrode to induce an electric field between the pixel electrode and the common electrodes, liquid crystal molecules are rotated along lines of electric force of the electric field in a plane parallel to the TFT substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2007Publication date: August 9, 2007Applicant: Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices Corp.Inventor: Yoshiki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20070185286Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To provide a polyimidesiloxane solution composition that is excellent in defoaming ability and that can maintain the wettability of an outer lead bonded portion on a wiring board at a high level, even when it is applied on the surface of the wiring board and then cured, to form an insulating cured film. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A polyimidesiloxane solution composition which comprises an organic solvent, polyimidesiloxane soluble in the organic solvent, a curable components such as an epoxy compound and a polyvalent isocyanate compound, and a silicone defoamer, wherein the silicone defoaming agent comprises dimethylpolysiloxane, a polysiloxane compound having a hydrophilic group in a side chain or a terminal moiety, and a micro-powder silica.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2005Publication date: August 9, 2007Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koji Hayashi, Yoshiki Tanaka, Katsutoshi Hirashima, Seiichirou Takabayashi
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Publication number: 20060281946Abstract: This invention provides a novel compound which can be properly used as a surfactant, a method of producing a fluoropolymer, surfactant and a fluoropolymer aqueous dispersions using the novel compound. This invention is a fluoroalkylcarboxylic acid derivative which is represented by the general formula (i): Rf1(OCH2CF2CF2)n1OCX1X2CF2(Rf2)n2COOM ??(i) wherein Rf1 represents a straight or branched fluoroalkyl group containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, which fluoroalkyl group may optionally contain 1 to 5 oxygen atoms in the principal chain thereof, Rf2 represents a straight or branched fluoroalkylene group containing 1 to 25 carbon atoms, said fluoroalkylene group may optionally contain 1 to 5 oxygen atoms in the principal chain thereof, n1 represents an integer of 0 to 3, n2 represents an integer of 0 or 1, X1 and X2 are the same or different and each represents hydrogen atom or fluorine atom, and M represents NH4 or a monovalent metal element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2004Publication date: December 14, 2006Inventors: Shigeru Morita, Yoshiki Tanaka, Keiko Washino, Nobuhiko Tsuda, Mitsuru Kishine
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Publication number: 20060242152Abstract: Apparatus and a method are provided, which efficiently and properly execute information update processing and content reproduction processing based on transmission processing of content information from a server to a client. The server owning content attribute information extracts metadata based on an information acquisition request from the client, to generate the content information based on property information which is a component of the metadata, and for each property, sets data editing information allowed by each piece of the property information to transmit to the client. Furthermore, the server generates the content information including data mode information by which processing capability in a device on the client side can be judged, such as record quality level information and codec information, as the data mode information of the contents.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2003Publication date: October 26, 2006Inventors: Yoshiki Tanaka, Yoichi Kobori, Norifumi Kikkawa, Toshihiro Morita, Takehiko Morita, Tatsuya Igarashi