Patents by Inventor Yutaro SUGAMATA

Yutaro SUGAMATA 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: 11515810
    Abstract: Provided is an energy conversion film excellent in charge retention performance and suppressed in deterioration of piezoelectricity even if it is exposed to a high temperature environment and an energy conversion element and the like using the film. An energy conversion element comprising: an energy conversion film at least comprises a charged resin film consisting of a resin film at least containing a thermoplastic resin and a metal soap; and an electrode provided on at least one of the two surfaces of the energy conversion film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koike, Yutaro Sugamata, Seiichiro Iida
  • Patent number: 11433333
    Abstract: The electret-treated sheet includes: a core layer (A) which is a porous film containing at least a thermoplastic resin; a surface layer (X) disposed on one side of the core layer (A); and a back surface layer (Y) disposed on the other side of the core layer (A), the surface layer (X) and the back surface layer (Y) each having a charged outermost surface, wherein the electret-treated sheet has a water vapor permeability coefficient of 0.1 to 2.5 g·mm/m2·24 hr; the core layer (A) has a pore aspect ratio of 5 to 50 and an average pore height of 2.5 to 15 ?m; the surface layer (X) and the back surface layer (Y) each have a thickness of 5 to 200 ?m; and the surface layer (X) includes a heat seal layer (B) including the outermost surface, wherein the heat seal layer (B) has a melting point of 50 to 140° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaro Sugamata, Hiroshi Koike, Seiichiro Iida
  • Publication number: 20220267564
    Abstract: To suppress a decrease over time in the adhesion of ink to a thermoplastic resin film, provided is a thermoplastic resin film containing an inorganic filler, wherein at least one surface of the thermoplastic resin film satisfies the following formula (1) and formula (2): 0.8?S1/S0?1.0??(1) 3.0?S0??(2) wherein S0 represents an oxygen atom concentration (atm %) before a washing treatment (A) is carried out, S1 represents the oxygen atom concentration (atm %) after the washing treatment (A) is carried out, the oxygen atom concentration is a ratio of the number of oxygen atoms to a sum of the number of oxygen atoms and the number of carbon atoms measured by XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) (number of oxygen atoms/(number of oxygen atoms+number of carbon atoms)), and the washing treatment (A) is a washing treatment carried out using distilled water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota TOYAMA, Hiroshi KOIKE, Yutaro SUGAMATA
  • Publication number: 20220119682
    Abstract: A recording paper includes: a laminated resin film including a substrate composed of a thermoplastic resin film and an underlayer disposed on at least one side of the substrate and composed of a thermoplastic resin composition; and a resin coating disposed facing the underlayer of the laminated resin film, wherein the underlayer has an indentation modulus of 50 to 1200 MPa, the resin coating contains a resin that is a reaction product of a cationic water-soluble polymer and a silane coupling agent, a content of a silane coupling agent component is 15 to 60 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the cationic water-soluble polymer component in the resin coating, the resin coating is free from thermoplastic resin particles, and a content of an inorganic filler is 9 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the cationic water-soluble polymer component in the resin coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaro SUGAMATA, Ryota TOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11176918
    Abstract: Provision of a piezoelectric element which uses a lightweight and flexible electret material and an electrode layer which is also lightweight, has high conductivity and good flexibility to easily receive electrical signals from an electret, and has good durability. Additionally, provision of a musical instrument provided with such a piezoelectric element. A piezoelectric element comprising an electrode layer (B) on at least one surface of an electret material (A) having pores inside, wherein a porosity of the electret material (A) is 20 to 80%, the electrode layer (B) contains 20 to 70 mass % of a carbon fine particle, and a thickness of the electrode layer (B) is 2 to 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: YUPO CORPORATION, YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koike, Yutaro Sugamata, Seiichiro Iida, Kunio Hiyama, Suguru Sasaki, Hidekazu Kodama
  • Patent number: 11148393
    Abstract: It is intended to provide an electrostatic adsorbable laminated sheet which is less likely to cause paste residues, etc. upon peeling from an adherend, exhibits further enhanced adsorbability to an adherend, additionally exhibits enhanced adhesiveness at an electrostatic adsorbable interface, and thereby has enhanced handleability. Electrostatic adsorbable laminated sheet includes label layer, support layer, and grip layer disposed between the label layer and the support layer, wherein the label layer and the support layer are electrostatically adsorbed to each other via the grip layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaro Sugamata, Hiroshi Koike
  • Publication number: 20210001255
    Abstract: The electret-treated sheet includes: a core layer (A) which is a porous film containing at least a thermoplastic resin; a surface layer (X) disposed on one side of the core layer (A); and a back surface layer (Y) disposed on the other side of the core layer (A), the surface layer (X) and the back surface layer (Y) each having a charged outermost surface, wherein the electret-treated sheet has a water vapor permeability coefficient of 0.1 to 2.5 g·mm/m2·24 hr; the core layer (A) has a pore aspect ratio of 5 to 50 and an average pore height of 2.5 to 15 ?m; the surface layer (X) and the back surface layer (Y) each have a thickness of 5 to 200 ?m; and the surface layer (X) includes a heat seal layer (B) including the outermost surface, wherein the heat seal layer (B) has a melting point of 50 to 140° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaro SUGAMATA, Hiroshi KOIKE, Seiichiro IIDA
  • Publication number: 20200181344
    Abstract: Provided are a recording paper having not only excellent appearance and high adhesion between a substrate and a resin coating but also high adhesion, particularly, high water resistant adhesion to ink or toner in various printing systems and a method for producing the recording paper. The recording paper of the present invention includes: a substrate composed of a thermoplastic resin film; and a resin coating disposed on at least one side of the substrate, wherein the resin coating contains a resin that is a reaction product of a cationic water-soluble polymer and a silane coupling agent, a content of a silane coupling agent component is 15 to 35 mass % based on a cationic water-soluble polymer component in the resin coating, and the resin coating is free from thermoplastic resin particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya IKARASHI, Yutaro SUGAMATA
  • Publication number: 20200009489
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a low pressure-loss type of filter which has a high dust collecting capability and suppresses the lowering of the dust collecting capability even after cleaning. The present invention relates to an electret-treated sheet including at least a surface layer, a high dielectric layer and a back-surface layer, while having the high dielectric layer between the surface layer and the back-surface layer, wherein the surface layer and the back-surface layer are each a thermoplastic resin film having a relative dielectric constant of smaller than 6 at 100 kHz; the high dielectric layer is a material having a relative dielectric constant of 6 or larger at 100 kHz; and the surface layer and the back-surface layer each have a static charge due to electrostatically charge; and to a filter using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaro SUGAMATA, Hiroshi KOIKE, Seiichiro IIDA
  • Publication number: 20190393806
    Abstract: Provided is an energy conversion film excellent in charge retention performance and suppressed in deterioration of piezoelectricity even if it is exposed to a high temperature environment and an energy conversion element and the like using the film. An energy conversion element comprising: an energy conversion film at least comprises a charged resin film consisting of a resin film at least containing a thermoplastic resin and a metal soap; and an electrode provided on at least one of the two surfaces of the energy conversion film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi KOIKE, Yutaro SUGAMATA, Seiichiro IIDA
  • Publication number: 20190344535
    Abstract: It is intended to provide an electrostatic adsorbable laminated sheet which is less likely to cause paste residues, etc. upon peeling from an adherend, exhibits further enhanced adsorbability to an adherend, additionally exhibits enhanced adhesiveness at an electrostatic adsorbable interface, and thereby has enhanced handleability. Electrostatic adsorbable laminated sheet includes label layer, support layer, and grip layer disposed between the label layer and the support layer, wherein the label layer and the support layer are electrostatically adsorbed to each other via the grip layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaro SUGAMATA, Hiroshi KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20190311702
    Abstract: Provision of a piezoelectric element which uses a lightweight and flexible electret material and an electrode layer which is also lightweight, has high conductivity and good flexibility to easily receive electrical signals from an electret, and has good durability. Additionally, provision of a musical instrument provided with such a piezoelectric element. A piezoelectric element comprising an electrode layer (B) on at least one surface of an electret material (A) having pores inside, wherein a porosity of the electret material (A) is 20 to 80%, the electrode layer (B) contains 20 to 70 mass % of a carbon fine particle, and a thickness of the electrode layer (B) is 2 to 100 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicants: YUPO CORPORATION, YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi KOIKE, Yutaro SUGAMATA, Seiichiro IIDA, Kunio HIYAMA, Suguru SASAKI, Hidekazu KODAMA