Patents by Inventor Yoshio Sano

Yoshio Sano 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: 20220283448
    Abstract: Provided is a technique by which it is possible to reduce the thickness of a polarized lens for spectacles that has a rotationally symmetric aspherical surface formed on an object-side surface thereof, in the same manner as for a normal lens. Provided is a polarized lens for spectacles, including: a first lens substrate having an object-side surface on which a convex surface that is a rotationally symmetric aspherical surface is formed; a second lens substrate having an eyeball-side surface; and a polarized film disposed between the first lens substrate and the second lens substrate and having a convex shape toward the object-side surface, wherein an in-plane distribution of a distance W between the object-side surface and the polarized film has concentricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshio SANO
  • Publication number: 20220204685
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition for optical components according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a polyiso(thio)cyanate compound (A) having one or more aromatic rings in one molecule, a polythiol compound (B) having three or more mercapto groups in one molecule, and an acidic phosphate ester compound (C), wherein the content of the acidic phosphate ester compound (C) is 0.1 to 3.0 parts by mass with respect to a total amount of 100 parts by mass of the polyiso(thio)cyanate compound (A) and the polythiol compound (B), and wherein the content of a polymerization catalyst is 0.006 parts by mass or less with respect to a total amount of 100 parts by mass of the polyiso(thio)cyanate compound (A) and the polythiol compound (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Tomofumi OHNISHI, Yoshio SANO
  • Publication number: 20220185944
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition for optical components, which can prevent the occurrence of coloring while keeping the required strength for optical components when an optical component is produced using the polymerizable composition for optical components. The polymerizable composition for optical components according to the present embodiment includes a polyisocyanate compound (A) and a polythiol compound (B1) and has an equivalent ratio (A/B1) of 80/100 to 95/100, wherein the equivalent ratio (A/B1) represents a ratio of an equivalent A of the polyisocyanate compound (A) calculated using the molecular weight and the functional group number of the polyisocyanate compound (A) to an equivalent B1 of the polythiol compound (B1) calculated using the molecular weight and the functional group number of the polythiol compound (B1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Masahisa KOUSAKA, Yukio KAGEYAMA, Tomofumi OHNISHI, Yoshio SANO
  • Publication number: 20220169778
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition for optical components, which can prevent striae while keeping strength for optical components when a thick optical component is produced. A polymerizable composition for optical components is a mixture of a first composition including a polyisocyanate compound (A) and a second composition including a polythiol compound (B1) and a thiol group-containing substance (B2), the composition includes the thiol group-containing substance (B2) showing peak at a position at retention time three minutes or more from a peak of the polythiol compound (B1) in a chromatogram obtained by analyzing the composition by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis, and the ratio (A/B1) is 80/100 to 95/100, wherein the equivalent ratio (A/B1) is an equivalent A of the polyisocyanate compound (A) using a weight and group number of the polyisocyanate compound (A) to B1 of the polythiol compound (B1) using a weight and group number of the polythiol compound (B1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Masahisa KOUSAKA, Yukio KAGEYAMA, Tomofumi OHNISHI, Yoshio SANO
  • Patent number: 11072097
    Abstract: A lens-mold producing method includes a position and posture determining step of specifying positions and postures, in space coordinates, of a first mold having a molding surface for forming one optical surface of a lens and a second mold having a molding surface for forming the other optical surface, a mold holding step of rotating and/or inclining, based on the positions and postures in the space coordinates, at least one of the first and second mold, maintaining a rotation angle and/or an inclination angle of a reference plane of the first mold with respect to a reference plane of the second mold, and holding the first and second mold, and an assembling step of arranging the molding surfaces of the first and second mold so as to face each other, fixing outer peripheries of the first mold and the second mold, and assembling a lens mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio Sano, Hiroshi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20210206902
    Abstract: A method for producing an optical component resin including a first pressure-reduction step in which a mixture containing a polyisocyanate component and a polythiol component is disposed under a reduced pressure, a second pressure-reduction step in which a release agent is added after the first pressure-reduction step, and the mixture is further disposed under a reduced pressure, and a polymerization step in which the mixture is polymerized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Tomofumi OHNISHI, Yoshio SANO
  • Publication number: 20200189217
    Abstract: A method for producing an optical component, including a step of polymerizing a polymerizable composition including a polythiol component and a polyisocyanate component in a molding die, wherein the molding die includes a pair of molds and a tape for separating these molds apart and fixing the molds, the tape has a tape substrate and a tacky adhesive layer, and a percentage moisture content in the tacky adhesive layer is 950 ppm by mass or less, and also a molding die tape for a spectacle lens substrate, the molding die tape having a tape substrate and a tacky adhesive layer, wherein a percentage moisture content in the tacky adhesive layer is 950 ppm by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshio SANO
  • Publication number: 20180339432
    Abstract: A lens-mold producing method includes a position and posture determining step of specifying positions and postures, in space coordinates, of a first mold having a molding surface for forming one optical surface of a lens and a second mold having a molding surface for forming the other optical surface, a mold holding step of rotating and/or inclining, based on the positions and postures in the space coordinates, at least one of the first and second mold, maintaining a rotation angle and/or an inclination angle of a reference plane of the first mold with respect to a reference plane of the second mold, and holding the first and second mold, and an assembling step of arranging the molding surfaces of the first and second mold so as to face each other, fixing outer peripheries of the first mold and the second mold, and assembling a lens mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio SANO, Hiroshi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 7847481
    Abstract: Ribs for defining pixel cells are formed in the shape of a lattice, and sustain electrodes and scan electrodes are disposed near the ribs. The electrodes are spaced apart in each pixel cell, and the sustain electrode and the scan electrode are each cut away between pixel cells arranged in the row direction to provide each pixel cell with individually separated electrodes. In addition, between pixel cells adjacent to each other in the row direction, the sustain electrodes and the scan electrodes are connected to each other by means of a sustain-side bus electrode and a scan-side bus electrode, respectively. This makes it possible to provide a high luminous efficiency. Furthermore, each pixel cell is provided with a wide distance between the electrodes and thereby with a large effective opening portion. Thus, this provides only a small amount of reduction in intensity when the electrodes are spaced apart between the pixel cells arranged in the row direction in order to increase the luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Sano, Nobumitsu Aibara, Yoshiaki Yanai, Toshiyuki Akiyama, Tetsumasa Okamoto, Kazuaki Yanagida, Hirokazu Tateno, Naoto Hirano, Yoshito Tanaka, Tadashi Nakamura, Keiji Nunomura
  • Patent number: 7473781
    Abstract: A polymer carrier to which a prescribed zinc complex group is binding directly or through a spacer, having property to bond, under a certain condition, to an anionic substituent (a phosphate group, for example), showing low solubility to a solvent (preferably insolubility to a solvent) as a whole, and being capable of capturing, separating and purifying easily a substance having an anionic substituent (a phosphate group, for example).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Manac Inc.
    Inventors: Tohru Koike, Yohsuke Yamamoto, Hironori Takeda, Yoshio Sano, Satoko Yougai
  • Publication number: 20080317701
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a phosphate ion adsorbent comprising a polymer or a salt thereof with a metal complex group represented by the following general formula (II): bound thereto directly or through a spacer. The phosphate ion adsorbent of the present invention is advantageous not only in that the adsorbent specifically adsorbs phosphate ions in a living body, but also in that the adsorbent has high adsorbability to phosphate ions, thus useful in removing the phosphate ions from the living body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Tohru Koike, Hironori Takeda, Yoshio Sano, Yoshio Okada
  • Publication number: 20080084161
    Abstract: Ribs for defining pixel cells are formed in the shape of a lattice, and sustain electrodes and scan electrodes are disposed near the ribs. The electrodes are spaced apart in each pixel cell, and the sustain electrode and the scan electrode are each cut away between pixel cells arranged in the row direction to provide each pixel cell with individually separated electrodes. In addition, between pixel cells adjacent to each other in the row direction, the sustain electrodes and the scan electrodes are connected to each other by means of a sustain-side bus electrode and a scan-side bus electrode, respectively. This makes it possible to provide a high luminous efficiency. Furthermore, each pixel cell is provided with a wide distance between the electrodes and thereby with a large effective opening portion. Thus, this provides only a small amount of reduction in intensity when the electrodes are spaced apart between the pixel cells arranged in the row direction in order to increase the luminous efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicants: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio SANO, Nobumitsu Aibara, Yoshiaki Yanai, Toshiyuki Akiyama, Tetsumasa Okamoto, Kazuaki Yanagida, Hirokazu Tateno, Naoto Hirano, Yoshito Tanaka, Tadashi Nakamura, Keiji Nunomura
  • Patent number: 7336033
    Abstract: Ribs for defining pixel cells are formed in the shape of a lattice, and sustain electrodes and scan electrodes are disposed near the ribs. The electrodes are spaced apart in each pixel cell, and the sustain electrode and the scan electrode are each cut away between pixel cells arranged in the row direction to provide each pixel cell with individually separated electrodes. In addition, between pixel cells adjacent to each other in the row direction, the sustain electrodes and the scan electrodes are connected to each other by means of a sustain-side bus electrode and a scan-side bus electrode, respectively. This makes it possible to provide a high luminous efficiency. Furthermore, each pixel cell is provided with a wide distance between the electrodes and thereby with a large effective opening portion. Thus, this provides only a small amount of reduction in intensity when the electrodes are spaced apart between the pixel cells arranged in the row direction in order to increase the luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Sano, Nobumitsu Aibara, Yoshiaki Yanai, Toshiyuki Akiyama, Tetsumasa Okamoto, Kazuaki Yanagida, Hirokazu Tateno, Naoto Hirano, Yoshito Tanaka, Tadashi Nakamura, Keiji Nunomura
  • Publication number: 20060261362
    Abstract: An LED lamp has: a sealing member; first, second and third leads, a part of the first, second and third leads being surrounded by the sealing member; an LED chip mounted on the first lead; and a wire disposed connecting the second lead and the LED chip. The third lead is connected through an electrical path to the first or second lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushi Noda, Takayuki Kamiya, Yoshio Sano
  • Publication number: 20060220052
    Abstract: In an LED lamp apparatus comprising an LED, a circuit portion and a case portion, a pair of the leads of the LED are surrounded at their parts by a sealing member and are extended to comprise the circuit portion, then at least one of the leads constituting the circuit portion is provided with a gap, and an element is disposed so as to extend over the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kamiya, Yoshio Sano, Kazushi Noda, Hiroshi Ito
  • Publication number: 20060131239
    Abstract: A polymer carrier to which a prescribed zinc complex group is binding directly or through a spacer, having property to bond, under a certain condition, to an anionic substituent (a phosphate group, for example), showing low solubility to a solvent (preferably insolubility to a solvent) as a whole, and being capable of capturing, separating and purifying easily a substance having an anionic substituent (a phosphate group, for example).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: Manac Inc.
    Inventors: Tohru Koike, Yohsuke Yamamoto, Hironori Takeda, Yoshio Sano, Satoko Yougai
  • Patent number: 7023406
    Abstract: To provide a plasma display device which implements a peak luminance higher than prior art, reduces the power dissipation, improves the smoothness of gradation display, and conducts clear display suitable especially for TV display. By setting a plurality of APL levels according to the average value of the scene brightness, and by shortening a sustaining pulse period and increasing the number of sustaining pulses of each sub-field in APL levels having small APL, the peak luminance is raised. Further, by making the sustaining pulse period long in APL levels having large APL requiring large discharge light emission power, the light emission efficiency is improved and the maximum power dissipation is reduced. The luminance distribution in the scene when the APL level is small is detected. On the basis of that information, setting of the number of sustaining pulses and the sustaining pulse period is changed in the same APL level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Nunomura, Yoshio Sano, Toshiyuki Akiyama, Hachiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 7002296
    Abstract: Ribs for defining pixel cells are formed in the shape of a lattice, and sustain electrodes and scan electrodes are disposed near the ribs. The electrodes are spaced apart in each pixel cell, and the sustain electrode and the scan electrode are each cut away between pixel cells arranged in the row direction to provide each pixel cell with individually separated electrodes. In addition, between pixel cells adjacent to each other in the row direction, the sustain electrodes and the scan electrodes are connected to each other by means of a sustain-side bus electrode and a scan-side bus electrode, respectively. This makes it possible to provide a high luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Sano, Nobumitsu Aibara, Yoshiaki Yanai, Toshiyuki Akiyama, Tetsumasa Okamoto, Kazuaki Yanagida, Hirokazu Tateno, Naoto Hirano, Yoshito Tanaka, Tadashi Nakamura, Keiji Nunomura
  • Publication number: 20060033436
    Abstract: Ribs for defining pixel cells are formed in the shape of a lattice, and sustain electrodes and scan electrodes are disposed near the ribs. The electrodes are spaced apart in each pixel cell, and the sustain electrode and the scan electrode are each cut away between pixel cells arranged in the row direction to provide each pixel cell with individually separated electrodes. In addition, between pixel cells adjacent to each other in the row direction, the sustain electrodes and the scan electrodes are connected to each other by means of a sustain-side bus electrode and a scan-side bus electrode, respectively. This makes it possible to provide a high luminous efficiency. Furthermore, each pixel cell is provided with a wide distance between the electrodes and thereby with a large effective opening portion. Thus, this provides only a small amount of reduction in intensity when the electrodes are spaced apart between the pixel cells arranged in the row direction in order to increase the luminous efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshio Sano, Nobumitsu Aibara, Yoshiaki Yanai, Toshiyuki Akiyama, Tetsumasa Okamoto, Kazuaki Yanagida, Hirokazu Tateno, Naoto Hirano, Yoshito Tanaka, Tadashi Nakamura, Keiji Nunomura
  • Publication number: 20050286016
    Abstract: A self-washing step of rotating elastic polishing members 230, supplying a liquid L to the elastic polishing members 230, and, in this condition, pressing pressing units 220 against the elastic polishing members 230 to deform the elastic polishing members 230, thereby washing the elastic polishing members 230 themselves is added to a scrubbing step of rotating lens molds 1, 2, rotating the elastic polishing members 230, pressing the elastic polishing members 230 against the surfaces of the lens molds, and, in this condition, supplying the liquid to the areas between the surfaces of the lens molds 1, 2 and the elastic polishing members 230, thereby washing the lens molds 1, 2. In a drying step, hot water is supplied to the lens molds 1, 2 being rotated, and thereafter dry air is supplied thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Hosoda, Yoshio Sano, Isao Karasawa