Patents by Inventor Yuko Kimura
Yuko Kimura 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: 20240124710Abstract: The present invention provides a thermally-conductive silicone composition including an organopolysiloxane as a base polymer and a thermally-conductive filler. The base polymer includes a fluorine-free organopolysiloxane and a fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane. The thermally-conductive silicone composition has been cured using an addition-curing catalyst. The ratio of the number of fluoro groups in constituent components of the base polymer to the total number of alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms in the constituent components of the base polymer is from 2.00 to 30.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: Yuko KIMURA
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Publication number: 20240006723Abstract: A silicone laminate 1 includes layers of a silicone rubber layer (A) 2 and a silicone layer (B) 3 with a lower hardness than the silicone rubber layer (A) 2. The silicone layer (B) 3 is at least one layer selected from the group consisting of a silicone sponge layer (B1) and a silicone gel layer (B2). Both the silicone rubber layer (A) 2 and the silicone layer (B) 3 are made of a material that is converted to ceramic and forms a sintered body when burned, so that the material retains its shape. The silicone laminate 1 is fire resistant. It is preferable that the silicone rubber layer (A) 2 and the silicone layer (B) 3 are alternately stacked, and that the number of layers is two or more for each of the layers (A) and (B), and four or more in total. Thus, the silicone laminate has high fire resistance and high compressive resistance as a cushioning material for batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Masakazu HATTORI, Yuko KIMURA
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Publication number: 20230227625Abstract: A silicone gel composition of the present invention contains the following components; A 100 parts by mass of an organopolysiloxane that is curable by an addition reaction; B. 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of an unsaturated hydrocarbon compound having one alkenyl group per molecule; and C. an addition reaction curing catalyst in a catalytic amount. The unsaturated hydrocarbon compound is at least one selected from the group consisting of an a-olefin that is liquid at room temperature (25° C.) and does not volatilize or decompose at 100° C. and ?-methylstyrene. A silicone gel sheet of the present invention is obtained by molding the silicone gel composition into a sheet, and curing the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Takumi KATAISHI, Yuko KIMURA
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Publication number: 20230097362Abstract: A thermally conductive silicone heat dissipating material contains a silicone polymer, a thermally conductive inorganic filler, and a heat resistance improver. The thermally conductive inorganic filler has a BET specific surface area (ABET) of 0.3 m2/g or more and is surface treated with a surface treatment agent expressed by Si(OR?)4 or RxSi(OR?)4?x (where R represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, R? represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and x represents an integer of 1 to 2). The content of the thermally conductive inorganic filler is 100 to 10000 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the silicone polymer. The thermally conductive inorganic filler having a large specific surface area and a small average particle size is surface treated with a silane coupling agent with a low molecular weight, so that the heat resistance of the thermally conductive silicone heat dissipating material is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Shingo KOBAYASHI, Yuko KIMURA
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Publication number: 20220380653Abstract: A thermally-conductive silicone gel composition of the present invention contains A to D components below. A: a linear organopolysiloxane having one vinyl group at each terminal end of a molecular chain and a kinematic viscosity of 1 to 600 mm2/s, B: a linear organopolysiloxane having three or more Si—H groups in one molecule and an Si—H group content of 0.05 to 6 mol/kg, in an amount such that a ratio of the number of Si—H groups in B component to the number of vinyl groups in A component is 0.2 to 0.5, C: a platinum catalyst in a catalytic amount, and D: a thermally-conductive filler in an amount of 300 to 1000 parts by mass when a total amount of A and B is taken as 100 parts by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Takumi KATAISHI, Mai SUGIE, Yuko KIMURA
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Publication number: 20220371598Abstract: A vehicle power supply system includes a vehicle power supply apparatus including a processor. When a disaster by which foreign matter might be deposited on a road occurs, the processor preferentially performs power supply to a road maintenance vehicle configured to perform maintenance on the road.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaki ITO, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Yuko KIMURA, Masatoshi HAYASHI, Hideki NAKAZONO, Tomohiro KANEKO
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Publication number: 20220363834Abstract: A thermally conductive silicone composition contains a silicone polymer and a thermally conductive inorganic filler. The thermally conductive inorganic filler is surface treated with a first surface treatment agent and further surface treated with a second surface treatment agent. The first surface treatment agent contains an organic silane compound represented by R11SiR12x(OR13)3-x (where R11 is, e.g., a monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, or a hydrocarbon group having an alkoxysilyl group, R12 is, e.g., a methyl group, and R13 is, e.g., a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms). The second surface treatment agent contains a silicone polymer that has a kinematic viscosity of 10 to 1000 mm2/s and does not have a hydrolyzable group.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Makoto IWAI, Shingo KOBAYASHI, Yuko KIMURA
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Publication number: 20220363835Abstract: A thermally conductive silicone composition contains a silicone polymer and a thermally conductive inorganic filler. The ratio X of the BET specific surface area (m2/g) to the average particle size (?m) of the thermally conductive inorganic filler is 0.1 or more. The thermally conductive inorganic filler is surface treated with a first surface treatment agent and further surface treated with a second surface treatment agent. The first surface treatment agent contains an organic silane compound represented by R11SiR12x(OR13)3-x (where R11 is, e.g., a monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, R12 is, e.g., a methyl group, and R13 is, e.g., a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms). The second surface treatment agent contains a silicone polymer that has a kinematic viscosity of 1000 mm2/s or less and does not have a hydrolyzable group.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Makoto IWAI, Shingo KOBAYASHI, Yuko KIMURA
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Publication number: 20220169857Abstract: A thermally conductive silicone gel composition of the present invention includes the following A to F: (A) an organopolysiloxane having two alkenyl groups per molecule; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having two Si—H groups per molecule; (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having three or more Si—H groups per molecule; (D) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of D1 and D2: (D1) an organopolysiloxane having one alkenyl group per molecule and (D2) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having one Si—H group per molecule; (E) a platinum catalyst; and (F) a thermally conductive filler in an amount of 100 to 600 vol % with respect to 100 vol % of the total amount of the A to E. The components A to F are cured. With this configuration, the thermally conductive silicone gel composition can reduce oil bleeding, even though the composition is a gel cured product.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Takumi KATAISHI, Yuko KIMURA, Mai SUGIE, Makoto IWAI, Setsuo KIKUCHI
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Patent number: 10175504Abstract: To provide a contact lens with novel structure that is able to achieve both stability of the lens circumferential position in the worn state and improved wearing comfort at a high level. A first thick part and a second thick part are provided on a peripheral zone at both left and right sides such that each center-of-gravity position of both the first thick part and the second thick part is positioned below a horizontal diametrical line. A third thick part is provided on the peripheral zone below an optical zone. An upper thin part and a lower thin part are provided respectively at an upper peripheral zone positioned above the optical zone and a lower peripheral zone positioned below the optical zone and at an outer circumference side of the third thick part.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: MENICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Goto, Yuko Kimura
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Publication number: 20180203251Abstract: To provide a contact lens with novel structure that is able to achieve both stability of the lens circumferential position in the worn state and improved wearing comfort at a high level. A first thick part and a second thick part are provided on a peripheral zone at both left and right sides such that each center-of-gravity position of both the first thick part and the second thick part is positioned below a horizontal diametrical line. A third thick part is provided on the peripheral zone below an optical zone. An upper thin part and a lower thin part are provided respectively at an upper peripheral zone positioned above the optical zone and a lower peripheral zone positioned below the optical zone and at an outer circumference side of the third thick part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2015Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: MENICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji GOTO, Yuko KIMURA
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Patent number: 8703739Abstract: A catheter lock solution which is a catheter lock preparation having a bacteriostatic property at physiological osmotic pressure without practically containing a bacteriostatic component such as a preservative, an antimicrobial agent, or an antibiotic and having high safety, characterized in that the preparation contains a weak acid having an acid dissociation constant (pKa) of 3.0 to 6.5 as a buffer, a pH of the solution is less than 6.0, preferably from 3.0 to about 5.5, an osmotic pressure ratio is from 0.5 to 3.0, and a pH change (variation) can be suppressed to less than the 6.0 with the weak acid, and a container containing the catheter lock solution.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: JMS Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuko Kimura, Koji Suzuki, Minoru Iwata, Sumika Iwamoto, Takashi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20110315583Abstract: A catheter lock solution which is a catheter lock preparation having a bacteriostatic property at physiological osmotic pressure without practically containing a bacteriostatic component such as a preservative, an antimicrobial agent, or an antibiotic and having high safety, characterized in that the preparation contains a weak acid having an acid dissociation constant (pKa) of 3.0 to 6.5 as a buffer, a pH of the solution is less than 6.0, preferably from 3.0 to about 5.5, an osmotic pressure ratio is from 0.5 to 3.0, and a pH change (variation) can be suppressed to less than the 6.0 with the weak acid, and a container containing the catheter lock solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: JMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuko Kimura, Koji Suzuki, Minoru Iwata, Sumika Iwamoto, Takashi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7720278Abstract: In a misregister amount detection method, printed register marks of colors are sensed, and the inverted R, G, and B image data of R, G, and B image data respectively containing R, G, and B as red, green, and blue color components of the register marks are extracted. The minimum value of the pixel values of corresponding pixels of the generated inverted R, G, and B image data is extracted and converted into the pixel value of a corresponding pixel of K image data containing K as a black color component. Differential R, G, and B image data are obtained by subtracting the pixel value of each pixel of the K image data from the pixel values of corresponding pixels of the inverted R, G, and B image data. Enhanced R, G, and B image data are obtained by adding the pixel values of pixels of the differential R, G, and B image data or values corresponding to the pixel values to the pixel values of corresponding pixels of the inverted R, G, and B image data.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2006Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Komori CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Kato, Yuko Kimura
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Patent number: 7511260Abstract: An encoder device includes first through fourth photodiodes each having a rhombus shape and a length of X1 in an X direction, the photodiodes being disposed adjacent to each other in the X direction such that a line passing through a pair of opposing vertices of the rhombus shape of each of the photodiodes is parallel to an X axis; a slit member that includes light transmitting sections and light shielding sections alternately arranged, and is movable in the X direction, each of the light transmitting and shielding sections having a length of 2×X1 in the X direction; and a logic circuit that generates first and second detection signals from output signals of the photodiodes that have received lights passing through the light transmitting sections, a phase of the second detection signal being shifted by a ¼ period of the first detection signal relative to the first detection signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2006Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideaki Sannomiya, Naosumi Waki, Yuko Kimura, Junichiro Tanaka
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Publication number: 20080268477Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies against AGEs derived from carbonyl compounds that are highly reactive with proteins or peptides, and methods of detecting the AGEs derived from the carbonyl compounds. 3,4-dideoxyglucosone-3-ene (3,4-DGE) is allowed to react with proteins, a host animal is immunized with the reaction product thereof, AGEs, and antibodies against the AGEs (anti-AGE antibodies) are isolated from serum recovered from the host animal. These anti-AGE antibodies thus isolated are allowed to react with a sample, and then the antigen-antibody reaction between the AGEs in the sample and the anti-AGE antibodies is detected. Thereby the presence or amount of the AGEs in the sample can be detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2006Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: JMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Yuko Kimura
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Patent number: 7245233Abstract: A light receiving device is disclosed that is able to reduce jitter and to improve detection resolution. The light receiving device has plural light receiving elements each having a rectangular light receiving area. The light receiving areas are connected to each other at vertices on diagonals thereof, and sides of the light receiving areas of neighboring light receiving elements are adjacent to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideaki Sannomiya, Naosumi Waki, Yuko Kimura, Junichiro Tanaka
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Publication number: 20070008190Abstract: A light receiving device is disclosed that is able to reduce jitter and to improve detection resolution. The light receiving device has plural light receiving elements each having a rectangular light receiving area. The light receiving areas are connected to each other at vertices on diagonals thereof, and sides of the light receiving areas of neighboring light receiving elements are adjacent to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2006Publication date: January 11, 2007Inventors: Hideaki Sannomiya, Naosumi Waki, Yuko Kimura, Junichiro Tanaka
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Publication number: 20070001107Abstract: An encoder device includes first through fourth photodiodes each having a rhombus shape and a length of X1 in an X direction, the photodiodes being disposed adjacent to each other in the X direction such that a line passing through a pair of opposing vertices of the rhombus shape of each of the photodiodes is parallel to an X axis; a slit member that includes light transmitting sections and light shielding sections alternately arranged, and is movable in the X direction, each of the light transmitting and shielding sections having a length of 2×X1 in the X direction; and a logic circuit that generates first and second detection signals from output signals of the photodiodes that have received lights passing through the light transmitting sections, a phase of the second detection signal being shifted by a ¼ period of the first detection signal relative to the first detection signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2006Publication date: January 4, 2007Inventors: Hideaki Sannomiya, Naosumi Waki, Yuko Kimura, Junichiro Tanaka
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Publication number: 20060177130Abstract: In a misregister amount detection method, printed register marks of colors are sensed, and the inverted R, G, and B image data of R, G, and B image data respectively containing R, G, and B as red, green, and blue color components of the register marks are extracted. The minimum value of the pixel values of corresponding pixels of the generated inverted R, G, and B image data is extracted and converted into the pixel value of a corresponding pixel of K image data containing K as a black color component. Differential R, G, and B image data are obtained by subtracting the pixel value of each pixel of the K image data from the pixel values of corresponding pixels of the inverted R, G, and B image data. Enhanced R, G, and B image data are obtained by adding the pixel values of pixels of the differential R, G, and B image data or values corresponding to the pixel values to the pixel values of corresponding pixels of the inverted R, G, and B image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2006Publication date: August 10, 2006Inventors: Kazuhiko Kato, Yuko Kimura