Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Isobe

Yukihiro Isobe 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: 7365004
    Abstract: The invention is aimed to prevent that fall of characteristic of a solar battery and producing yield caused by particles of powder condition generating from working part at laser beam process in the method producing the solar battery by laser beam process. The constitution of the invention is characterized by comprising: a first step forming the lower electrode and the semiconductor layer on the insulating substrate by laminating; a second step forming a protective film on surface of the semiconductor; a third step forming an opening portion at the semiconductor layer, or the semiconductor layer and the lower electrode by laser beam process after the second step; and a fourth step removing the protective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignees: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Adachi, Kazuo Nishi, Masato Yonezawa, Yukihiro Isobe, Hisato Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20050186725
    Abstract: The invention is aimed to prevent that fall of characteristic of a solar battery and producing yield caused by particles of powder condition generating from working part at laser beam process in the method producing the solar battery by laser beam process. The constitution of the invention is characterized by comprising: a first step forming the lower electrode and the semiconductor layer on the insulating substrate by laminating; a second step forming a protective film on surface of the semiconductor; a third step forming an opening portion at the semiconductor layer, or the semiconductor layer and the lower electrode by laser beam process after the second step; and a fourth step removing the protective film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicants: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Adachi, Kazuo Nishi, Masato Yonezawa, Yukihiro Isobe, Hisato Shinohara
  • Patent number: 6846696
    Abstract: The invention is aimed to prevent that fall of characteristic of a solar battery and producing yield caused by particles of powder condition generating from working part at laser beam process in the method producing the solar battery by laser beam process. The constitution of the invention is characterized by comprising: a first step forming the lower electrode and the semiconductor layer on the insulating substrate by laminating; a second step forming a protective film on surface of the semiconductor; a third step forming an opening portion at the semiconductor layer, or the semiconductor layer and the lower electrode by laser beam process after the second step; and a fourth step removing the protective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignees: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Adachi, Kazuo Nishi, Masato Yonezawa, Yukihiro Isobe, Hisato Shinohara
  • Patent number: 6525261
    Abstract: An electronic device, such as a solar cell, having improved moisture, heat, and wear resistance, formed by applying an insulating film over the surfaces of the electronic device utilizing a screen printing process and curing the film with heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignees: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Kubota, Yukihiro Isobe, Akemi Takenouchi, Makoto Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20030017641
    Abstract: The invention is aimed to prevent that fall of characteristic of a solar battery and producing yield caused by particles of powder condition generating from working part at laser beam process in the method producing the solar battery by laser beam process. The constitution of the invention is characterized by comprising: a first step forming the lower electrode and the semiconductor layer on the insulating substrate by laminating; a second step forming a protective film on surface of the semiconductor; a third step forming an opening portion at the semiconductor layer, or the semiconductor layer and the lower electrode by laser beam process after the second step; and a fourth step removing the protective film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Adachi, Kazuo Nishi, Masato Yonezawa, Yukihiro Isobe, Hisato Shinohara
  • Patent number: 6225552
    Abstract: The invention relates to a desired shaped plane type solar cell. The solar cell includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices formed by dividing the plane, a plurality of conductive paths for connecting each of the photoelectric conversion devices to each other in series, the conductive path being provided adjacent to the plurality of photoelectric conversion devices, and two drawing electrodes exposed on an opposite surface to a light irradiated surface, the electrodes being connected to two photoelectric conversion devices on both ends of the photoelectric conversion device connected in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignees: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Nishi, Makoto Hosokawa, Yukihiro Isobe, Hideaki Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 5637156
    Abstract: A resin composition for forming an insulating film suitable for fabricating an amorphous silicon solar cell utilizing a flexible substrate, obtained by mixing a first component comprising a polyfunctional isocyanate compound and a polyol based second component comprising polymers or oligomers having reactive hydroxyl groups which react with isocyanate groups to principally form urethane bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kubota, Yukihiro Isobe, Akemi Takenouchi, Makoto Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 4708909
    Abstract: This invention concerns a radiation-curable, magnetic coating material and a magnetic recording medium made with the coating, which is characterized in that a water-soluble or water-dispersed resin having at least one radiation-curable, unsaturated double is contained as a vehicle. The vehicle may also contain a water-soluble or water-dispersible resin, or mixtures thereof free from such an unsaturated double bond. The invention provides a magnetic recording medium with improved durability, softness, flexibility, and heat resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1987
    Assignee: Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ohtsuki, Ryozo Konno, Nobumori Kanno, Makio Sugai, Takashi Mihoya, Yuichi Kubota, Masaharu Nishimatsu, Yukihiro Isobe, Kazushi Tanaka, Osamu Shinoura
  • Patent number: 4670340
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing a magnetic recording tape which is free from the problems of the phenomenon of dropout as well as runout of the tape roll throughout the life of the tape. The inventive method comprises providing a coating layer on a surface of a film base of the tape having been provided with the magnetic coating layer on the other surface with a coating composition comprising a radiation-sensitive curable polymeric material, which is a thermoplastic resin modified to be radiation-sensitive with or without admixture of a thermoplastic elastomer, and a filler dispersed therein and, prior to winding of the tape into a roll, irradiating the coating layer with a high energy radiation of, preferably, electron beams whereby the coating composition is fully radiation-cured to form a backing layer of the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Isobe, Kazushi Tanaka, Masaharu Nishimatsu, Osamu Shinoura, Yuichi Kubota
  • Patent number: 4511629
    Abstract: In a magnetic recording medium made by applying a non-magnetic undercoat and a magnetic top coat on a base, the undercoat comprises a radiation-curable coating material which contains a compound with a molecular weight of not less than 400, having one type of double bond selected from among acrylic, allylic, and maleic double bonds, the undercoat being formed by exposure to radiation. Specifically, the undercoating material contains at least two types of compounds selected from (A) those having a molecular weight of over 5000, preferably over 8000 and having two or more double bonds selected as above, (B) those having a molecular weight of 400 or more but less than 500, preferably in the range of 600 to 3000, and two or more double bonds selected as above, and (C) those having a molecular weight of less than 400 and one or more double bonds selected from among acrylic, allylic, maleic, and styrenic double bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignees: TDK Electronics Co., Ltd., Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryozo Konno, Makio Sugai, Yuichi Kubota, Masaharu Nishimatsu, Yukihiro Isobe, Kazushi Tanaka, Osamu Shinoura
  • Patent number: 4451531
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel magnetic recording tape comprising a film base, a magnetic coating layer on one surface and a backing layer on the other surface, the backing layer containing an abrasive powder having a hardness of at least 4 in the Mohs scale, such as silicon carbide and the like, dispersed in a binder matrix formed by curing a radiation-sensitive polymer by irradiating with a high energy radiation, such as electron beams accelerated at a voltage of 100 to 750 kilovolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Inventors: Yukihiro Isobe, Kazushi Tanaka, Masaharu Nishimatsu, Osamu Shinoura, Yuichi Kubota
  • Patent number: 4419406
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium having a magnetic layer on one surface of a substrate and a back layer on the other surface, which is characterized by that the back layer is that formed by dispering a filler such as carbon black, graphite, SiO.sub.2, TiO.sub.2, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3,Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3, SiC, CeO.sub.2, CaCO.sub.3, zinc oxide, geothite, .alpha.Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, talc, kaolin, CaSO.sub.4, boron nitride, Teflon powder, graphite fluoride, molybdenum disulfide, zirconia etc. In a binder containing a radiation sensitive curable resin such as acryl-modified vinyl chloride - vinyl acetate - vinyl alcohol copolymer, acryl-modified polyurethane elastomer, acryl-modified polyester resin, etc. and curing it prior to rolling. The obtained back layer is very tough and can reduce the number of dropouts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Assignee: TDK Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Isobe, Kazushi Tanaka, Masaharu Nishimatsu, Osamu Shinoura, Yuichi Kubota
  • Patent number: 4404259
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium having a substrate coated with a magnetic layer comprises a magnetic powder and a binder, essentially consisting of 40 to 80 wt. % of a polyester resin, 60 to 20 wt. % of a nitrocellulose impregnated with vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer as a protective component and a polyisocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1983
    Assignee: TDK Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Hosaka, Yukihiro Isobe, Kiyotaka Okuyama
  • Patent number: 4391864
    Abstract: A magnetic recording tape or disc which has excellent total characteristics of an adhesive strength, a repeat running durability, an electromagnetic characteristic, a gloss degree of the surface and a curling is provided. A binder of a magnetic layer comprises 40 to 70 wt. % of a urethane resin, 15 to 40 wt. % of an epoxy resin and 10 to 40 wt. % of a phenoxy resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1983
    Assignee: TDK Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Hosaka, Kiyotaka Okuyama, Yukihiro Isobe
  • Patent number: 4370384
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium having a substrate coated with a magnetic layer comprising a magnetic powder and a binder essentially consisting of 20 to 70 wt. % of a polyester resin, 80 to 30 wt. % of a vinyl chloride-vinylidene chloride copolymer and a polyisocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1983
    Assignee: TDK Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Hosaka, Yukihiro Isobe, Kiyotaka Okuyama
  • Patent number: 4367264
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium has a substrate coated with a magnetic powder and a binder. The binder in said magnetic layer essentially consists of 15 to 45 wt. % of a polyester resin, 20 to 50 wt. % of an epoxy resin and 10 to 40 wt. % of nitrocellulose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1983
    Assignee: TDK Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Hosaka, Yukihiro Isobe, Kiyotaka Okuyama
  • Patent number: 4361621
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprises a substrate coated with a magnetic layer formed by using a magnetic composition comprising a binder and a magnetic powder adsorbing ricinoleic acid or an ester thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1982
    Assignee: TDK Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Isobe, Kiyotaka Okuyama, Akihiko Hosaka, Hideo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 4336310
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprises a substrate coated with a magnetic layer comprising a binder resin and a metallic magnetic powder supporting silica on the surface which is coated with sequential layers of hydrolyzed silane compound and oleic acid. A magnetic recording medium is produced by sequentially treating a metallic magnetic powder supporting silica on the surface with a solution of a hydrolyzable silane compound and a solution of oleic acid to obtain a magnetic powder having the coated sequential layers and admixing the coated magnetic powder with a binder resin to prepare a magnetic composition and coating the magnetic composition on a substrate to form a magnetic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1982
    Assignee: TDK Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Okuyama, Akihiko Hosaka, Yukihiro Isobe
  • Patent number: 4285825
    Abstract: A magnetic coating material for magnetic recording media is produced by dispersing a magnetic coating material containing from 0.1 to 2.0% of an abrasive and from 0.05 to 1.0% of a betaine type ampholytic antistatic agent, both on the basis of the amount of a magnetic powder, in a dispersion mill using steel balls. The abrasive has a hardness of not lower than 6 on Mohs' scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1981
    Assignee: TDK Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Isobe, Masashi Hayama, Kenji Hirabayashi