Patents by Inventor Yumiko Amino

Yumiko Amino 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: 11479695
    Abstract: The invention relates to a peel detection label that is a laminate including a support, a pattern layer formed in a part of the surface of the support, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive laminate having at least a low modulus layer (X), a high modulus layer (Y) and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (Z) in that order, in which the low modulus layer (X) has an n-layered structure (where n is an integer of 1 to 10) having a surface in contact with the support and the pattern layer and a surface in contact with the high modulus layer (Y), and the low modulus layer (X) satisfies a specific thickness-average shear storage elastic modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: LINETEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yumiko Amino
  • Publication number: 20220180773
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a peel detection label that is a laminate having a backing, a pattern layer formed on a part of a surface of the backing, and a pressure sensitive adhesive laminate in this order, the pressure sensitive adhesive laminate having at least an intermediate layer and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer, wherein a tensile modulus Et at 23° C. of the backing is 50 MPa or greater and 1000 MPa or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yumiko AMINO, Naoki TAYA
  • Publication number: 20210269678
    Abstract: The invention relates to a peel detection label that is a laminate including a support, a pattern layer formed in a part of the surface of the support, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive laminate having at least a low modulus layer (X), a high modulus layer (Y) and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (Z) in that order, in which the low modulus layer (X) has a surface in contact with the support and the pattern layer and a surface in contact with the high modulus layer (Y), and satisfies the following requirement (1): Requirement (1): when the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (Z) of the peel detection label is attached to an adherend and then the peel detection label is peeled off from the adherend, the maximum vertical tensile stress applied to an element of the low modulus layer (X) that is located closest to the support is 0.19 MPa or more when analyzed by a finite element method using Abaqus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yumiko AMINO, Naoya SAIKI, Misaki SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210269681
    Abstract: The invention relates to a peel detection label that is a laminate including a support, a pattern layer formed in a part of the surface of the support, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive laminate having at least a low modulus layer (X), a high modulus layer (Y) and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (Z) in that order, in which the low modulus layer (X) has an n-layered structure (where n is an integer of 1 to 10) having a surface in contact with the support and the pattern layer and a surface in contact with the high modulus layer (Y), and the low modulus layer (X) satisfies a specific thickness-average shear storage elastic modulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yumiko AMINO
  • Patent number: 11053416
    Abstract: Provided a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet including a substrate or a release material having thereon a resin layer that contains a resin part (X) containing a carbon atom-containing resin having a carbon atom in a main chain of a constitutional unit as a main component, and a particle part (Y) consisting of fine particles containing silica particles, a surface (?) having pressure sensitive adhesiveness, the surface (?) having a concave portion and a flat face existing thereon, a prescribed section (P1) having existing on the side of the surface (?) a concave portion having a prescribed maximum height difference, and a flat portion corresponding to a cut portion of the flat face existing in a region (P) and being substantially in parallel to a surface of the substrate or the release material in contact with the resin layer, and an absolute value of a ratio of an intensity ratio of a peak intensity derived from silicon atoms and a peak intensity derived from carbon atoms measured by EDX a for a prescribed re
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yumiko Amino, Kazue Uemura, Kiichiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20200410902
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a peel detection label that is a laminate including a backing, a pattern layer formed in a part of the surface of the backing, and a pressure sensitive adhesive laminate having at least a pressure sensitive adhesive layer (X) and a substrate layer (Y) laminated in this order thereon, and satisfying the following requirement (1), wherein an elastic modulus of the substrate layer (Y) is 10 MPa or more and 800 MPa or less: Requirement (1): On attaching the peel detection label onto an adherend and then peeling it from the adherend, interfacial peeling occurs between the backing and the pattern layer, whereby the presence or absence of peeling of the peel detection label from the adherend becomes visually detectable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji TSUCHIBUCHI, Yumiko AMINO, Yasuyuki AMANO, Takashi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10676649
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive sheet including, on a substrate or a release material, a resin layer, at least a surface (?) of the resin layer on the opposite to the side on which the substrate or release material is provided having pressure sensitive adhesiveness, wherein a concave portion and a flat face exist on the surface (?) of the resin layer, and a width of the concave portion observed from the side of the surface (?) is non-uniform, and in a region (D) of 8 mm in length×10 mm in width as freely-selected on the surface (?), a concave portion having an area of 70 to 99.99% relative to 100% of a total area of the concave portions existing in the region (D) exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazue Uemura, Kiichiro Kato, Yumiko Amino, Koji Tsuchibuchi, Takamasa Kase, Yusuke Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 10619077
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive sheet, containing a resin layer provided on a substrate or a release material. The resin layer includes a resin part (X) containing as a main component a hydrocarbon resin, and a particle part (Y) consisting of fine particles containing silica particles. At least a surface (?) of the resin layer opposite to the side of the substrate or the release material has pressure sensitive adhesiveness. The resin layer contains a multilayer structure having a layer (X?) and a layer (Y1) in this order in the thickness direction from the side of the surface (?). An intensity ratio in the layer (X?) is less than 0.10, and an intensity ratio in the layer (Y1) is 0.10 or more. The surface (?) has concave portions of irregular shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazue Uemura, Takamasa Kase, Yumiko Amino, Kiichiro Kato, Shigeru Saito
  • Patent number: 10465101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet containing, laminated in this order, a supporting substrate, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer (X), a continuous void-containing layer including a composition containing silica particles, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer (Y), the continuous void-containing layer having a mass concentration of the silica particles of more than 60% and 100% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: LINTEC CORPORATION, NIPPON PAINT INDUSTRIAL COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiichiro Kato, Yumiko Amino, Kazue Uemura, Shigeru Saito, Masanori Kido, Shinji Nishioka, Masato Kishi
  • Patent number: 10363718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet containing, laminated in this order, a supporting substrate, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer (X), a continuous void-containing layer including a composition containing fine particles (excepting silica), and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer (Y), the continuous void-containing layer having a mass concentration of the fine particles of from 45 to 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignees: LINTEC CORPORATION, NIPPON PAINT INDUSTRIAL COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazue Uemura, Kiichiro Kato, Shigeru Saito, Yumiko Amino, Masanori Kido, Shinji Nishioka, Masato Kishi
  • Patent number: 10273387
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet having a resin layer on a substrate or a release material, at least a surface (?) of the resin layer being opposite to the side thereof on which the substrate or the release material is provided has pressure sensitive adhesiveness, wherein one or more concave portions exist on the surface (?), and a standard deviation (?) based on a mean brightness value of the surface (?) is 10.0 or more. When attached to an adherend, the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet can readily remove air accumulation to be formed and therefore exhibits excellent air escape property, and has good pressure sensitive adhesion characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Saito, Wataru Miyazaki, Kiichiro Kato, Kazue Uemura, Yumiko Amino, Yasunari Takanashi
  • Patent number: 10233361
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive sheet containing, on a substrate or a release material, a resin layer, at least a surface (?) of the resin layer being opposite to the side of the substrate or being opposite to the side which the release material is provided, having pressure sensitive adhesiveness, the surface (?) having one or more concave portions, the concave portions having irregular shapes. The pressure sensitive adhesive sheet has an excellent air escape property capable of easily removing air accumulation that may be formed on attaching to an adherend, and is excellent in pressure sensitive adhesion characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiichiro Kato, Kazue Uemura, Yumiko Amino, Shigeru Saito, Masaru Matsushima
  • Patent number: 10233360
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet containing, on a substrate or a release material, a resin layer that includes a resin part (X) containing a resin as a main component, and a particle part (Y) consisting of fine particles, at least a surface (?) of the resin layer being opposite to the side thereof on which the substrate or the release material is provided having pressure sensitive adhesiveness, wherein plural concave portions having a maximum height difference of 0.5 ?m or more exist in a predetermined region (P) on the surface (?), and 95% or more of the plural concave portions existing inside the region (P) have shapes differing from each other, and one or more such concave portions exist in a predetermined region (Q) on the surface (?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiichiro Kato, Kazue Uemura, Yumiko Amino, Shigeru Saito
  • Patent number: 10221339
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive sheet including, on a substrate or a release material, a resin layer including a resin part (X) containing a resin as a main component, and a particle part (Y) consisting of fine particles and having a surface (?) having pressure sensitive adhesiveness and one or more concave portions. When the surface (?) of the resin layer is adhered to a smooth surface of a light transmissive adherend to give a laminate, the areal ratio (S1) of the attached area adhered to the smooth surface to the surface (?) is 10 to 95% at 23° C. and 50% RH, and the area increase rate {[(S2?S1)/S1]×100} is ?10 to 20% after heating of the smooth surface by statically leaving the laminate at 80° C. for 30 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Kawada, Kiichiro Kato, Kazue Uemura, Yumiko Amino, Shigeru Saito, Koji Tsuchibuchi, Takamasa Kase
  • Patent number: 10221338
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet containing a resin layer on a substrate or a release material, at least a surface (?) of the resin layer being opposite to the side thereof on which the substrate or the release material is provided having pressure sensitive adhesiveness, wherein, when a smooth surface of a light transmissive adherend having a smooth surface is attached to the surface (?), one or more concave portion (G) not kept in contact with the smooth surface exist on the surface (?), and the shapes of the one or more concave portions (G) have irregular shapes. The pressure sensitive adhesive sheet has excellent air escape property capable of readily removing air accumulation that may be formed on attaching to an adherend, and has good pressure sensitive adhesion characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazue Uemura, Kiichiro Kato, Yumiko Amino, Shigeru Saito, Masaru Matsushima
  • Patent number: 10190022
    Abstract: Provided is an antifouling composition including a polysilazane-based compound (A) and a both terminal carboxy-modified silicone (B), the content of the component (B) being from 0.01 to 10 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the component (A), and the antifouling composition serves as a sheet-like antifouling layer-forming material. The antifouling composition is able to form a sheet-like antifouling layer having favorable surface state and curability and also having excellent water repellency such that even when a tilt angle is small, water droplets can be slipped off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Hironaga, Yumiko Amino, Sou Miyata, Yoshitomo Ono
  • Patent number: 10130966
    Abstract: A masking material for use in a heating process includes: a base material comprising a resin as a main resin component and containing a magnetic substance, the resin having a higher melting point than a temperature of the heating process, the magnetic substance having a higher Curie temperature than the temperature of the heating process; and a releasable protective layer formed on one surface of the base material, the releasable protective layer comprising a releasable protective material. The masking material has excellent heat resistance property and can be repeatedly used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: LINTEC CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Ono, Yumiko Amino, Taichi Suzuki, Kiyoshi Koibuchi
  • Publication number: 20180282590
    Abstract: Provided a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet including a substrate or a release material having thereon a resin layer that contains a resin part (X) containing a carbon atom-containing resin having a carbon atom in a main chain of a constitutional unit as a main component, and a particle part (Y) consisting of fine particles containing silica particles, a surface (?) having pressure sensitive adhesiveness, the surface (?) having a concave portion and a flat face existing thereon, a prescribed section (P1) having existing on the side of the surface (?) a concave portion having a prescribed maximum height difference, and a flat portion corresponding to a cut portion of the flat face existing in a region (P) and being substantially in parallel to a surface of the substrate or the release material in contact with the resin layer, and an absolute value of a ratio of an intensity ratio of a peak intensity derived from silicon atoms and a peak intensity derived from carbon atoms measured by EDX a for a prescribed re
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yumiko AMINO, Kazue UEMURA, Kiichiro KATO
  • Publication number: 20180265749
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive sheet including, on a substrate or a release material, a resin layer, at least a surface (?) of the resin layer on the opposite to the side on which the substrate or release material is provided having pressure sensitive adhesiveness, wherein a concave portion and a flat face exist on the surface (?) of the resin layer, and a width of the concave portion observed from the side of the surface (?) is non-uniform, and in a region (D) of 8 mm in length×10 mm in width as freely-selected on the surface (?), a concave portion having an area of 70 to 99.99% relative to 100% of a total area of the concave portions existing in the region (D) exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazue UEMURA, Kiichiro KATO, Yumiko AMINO, Koji TSUCHIBUCHI, Takamasa KASE, Yusuke MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20180215961
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet containing, on a substrate or a release material, a resin layer that includes a resin part (X) containing a resin as a main component, and a particle part (Y) consisting of fine particles, at least a surface (?) of the resin layer being opposite to the side thereof on which the substrate or the release material is provided having pressure sensitive adhesiveness, wherein plural concave portions having a maximum height difference of 0.5 ?m or more exist in a prescribed region (P) on the surface (?), and 95% or more of the plural concave portions existing inside the region (P) have shapes differing from each other, and when the surface (?) of the resin layer is attached to a smooth surface of a light transmissive adherend having a smooth surface, the areal ratio of the attached area against the smooth surface of the light transmissive adherend to the surface (?) is 10 to 95%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazue UEMURA, Kiichiro KATO, Yumiko AMINO, Shigeru SAITO