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Shimano, JP

Atsushi Shimano, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130031071CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM OF CONTROL PROGRAM - A control apparatus includes a memory, and a processor that executing a procedure, the procedure including, receiving a request corresponding to a file which is one of a plurality of files stored in a database server apparatus; in the case that the file corresponding to the request is stored in the memory, executing a process based on the request by using the file stored in the memory, and in the case that the file corresponding to the request is not stored in the memory, obtaining the file from the database server apparatus, storing the file in the memory, and processing the process by using the file.01-31-2013

Emi Shimano, Shinjuku-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100143674Curable resin composition for hard coat layer and hard coat film - The invention provides a hard coat film with transparency and mar-proofness, obtained by coating, drying and curing on a transparent base film a curable resin composition for a hard coat layer comprising (1) reactive inorganic fine particles A, (2) hydrophilic fine particles B and (3) a curable reactive matrix containing a binder component C that has a reactive functional group c with crosslinking reactivity for the reactive inorganic fine particles A, wherein the content of the hydrophilic fine particles B is 0.1-5.0 wt % with respect to the total solid content, and desired irregularities are formed in the hard coat layer surface, preferably with raised sections having heights of from 3 nm to 50 nm, and spacings between the raised sections of 50 nm-5 μm.06-10-2010

Emi Shimano, Tokyo-To JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100104858HARD COAT FILM AND CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR HARD COAT LAYER - A curable resin composition for a hard coat layer capable of forming a hard coat layer having high hardness even with thin thickness and/or excellent in abrasion resistance and hardness, and a hard coat film using the curable resin composition are provided. A hard coat film in which a hard coat layer is provided on one side of a transparent substrate film, wherein the hard coat layer comprises a matrix in a crosslinked state and an aggregate in which 3 to 100 silica fine particles having an average primary particle diameter of 1 to 100 nm are aggregated, and wherein the aggregate is cross-linked to the matrix, and an irregularly shaped silica fine particle constituted with 3 to 20 silica fine particles having an average primary particle diameter of 1 to 100 nm connected to each other by inorganic chemical bonding is contained as a part of the aggregates. The hard coat layer further contains a silica fine particle preferably.04-29-2010
20100124631OPTICAL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The main object of the present invention is to provide an optical sheet having excellent abrasion resistance and hardness, and a method for producing the same. The present invention provides an optical sheet in which a hard coat layer is provided on one surface of a substrate, wherein the hard coat layer comprises a cured product of a curable resin composition for a hard coat layer, which comprises reactive inorganic fine particles and a binder component, and wherein fine protrusions are provided on an interface on the side opposite to the substrate side of the hard coat layer, in which the minimum angle of each of the fine protrusions making angles with a virtual plane that is parallel to the hard coat layer is an acute angle. The present invention also provides a method for producing the optical sheet, comprising the steps of: forming a coating by applying a curable resin composition for a hard coat layer to one surface of a substrate, which composition comprising reactive, irregularly shaped silica fine particles and a binder component, and forming a hard coat layer and fine protrusions by curing the coating while or after preventing that the long axes of the reactive, irregularly shaped silica fine particles are each oriented in a direction planar to a virtual plane.05-20-2010
20100124656OPTICAL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention is to provide an optical sheet having excellent abrasion resistance and hardness, and a method for producing the same. The object of the present invention was accomplished by an optical sheet in which a hard coat layer is provided on one surface of a substrate, wherein the hard coat layer comprises a cured product of a curable resin composition for a hard coat layer, which composition comprising reactive, irregularly shaped silica fine particles and a binder component, and wherein at least part of the irregularly shaped silica fine particles have a specific three-dimensional configuration and are present on an interface on the side opposite to the substrate side of the hard coat layer. The object of the present invention was also accomplished by a method for producing the optical sheet, comprising the steps of: forming a coating by applying a curable resin composition for a hard coat layer comprising reactive, irregularly shaped silica fine particles and a binder component onto one surface of a substrate, and forming a hard coat layer by curing the coating with or after preventing that the long axes of the reactive, irregularly shaped silica fine particles are each oriented in a direction planar to a virtual plane.05-20-2010
20110217541HARD COAT FILM - A hard coat film excellent in abrasion resistance and saponification resistance. A hard coat layer includes a cured product of a curable resin composition containing a reactive inorganic fine particle having an average particle diameter of 5 nm to 30 nm, and has a skin layer, wherein the reactive inorganic fine particles are localized, in its surface region being an interface and its vicinity on a side opposite to a transparent substrate film side of the hard coat layer. Alternatively, the reactive inorganic fine particle has an average particle diameter of 30 nm to 100 nm, and has density distribution in a thickness direction of the hard coat layer lowest at an interface on a side opposite to a transparent substrate film side of the hard coat layer while the density is highest at an interface and its vicinity on the transparent substrate film side of the hard coat layer.09-08-2011
20120200933OPTICAL FILM AND DISPLAY PANEL - An optical film having an optically-transparent substrate, and a low refractive index layer having a thickness d on one side of the optically-transparent substrate, a polarizing plate and a display panel provided with the same, and a display provided with the same.08-09-2012
20120251778HARD COAT FILM - A hard coat film excellent in abrasion resistance and saponification resistance. A hard coat layer includes a cured product of a curable resin composition containing a reactive inorganic fine particle having an average particle diameter of 5 nm to 30 nm, and has a skin layer, wherein the reactive inorganic fine particles are localized, in its surface region being an interface and its vicinity on a side opposite to a transparent substrate film side of the hard coat layer. Alternatively, the reactive inorganic fine particle has an average particle diameter of 30 nm to 100 nm, and has density distribution in a thickness direction of the hard coat layer lowest at an interface on a side opposite to a transparent substrate film side of the hard coat layer while the density is highest at an interface and its vicinity on the transparent substrate film side of the hard coat layer.10-04-2012

Patent applications by Emi Shimano, Tokyo-To JP

Fumio Shimano, Kanagawa Pref. JP

Fumio Shimano, Miura-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110315924LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING HIGH TWIST - The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium having high twist, to the use thereof for electro-optical purposes, and to displays containing this medium.12-29-2011

Hiroki Shimano, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080279017Semiconductor memory device - During a stand-by state in which power supply is cut off, a high-voltage power supply control circuit isolates a global negative voltage line transmitting a negative voltage and a local negative voltage line provided corresponding to each respective sub array block from each other and isolates a global ground line and a local ground line transmitting a ground voltage from each other. These local ground line and local negative voltage line are charged to a high voltage level through a high voltage line before cut-off from the corresponding power supply. A leakage current path from a word line to the negative voltage line or the ground line is cut off, so that the word line in a non-selected state can reliably be maintained at a non-selection voltage. Thus, in a low power consumption stand-by mode, data stored in a memory cell can be held in a stable manner.11-13-2008
20090207642SEMICONDUCTOR SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A unit operator cell includes a plurality of SOI (Silicon on Insulator) transistors, write data is stored in a body region of at least two SOI transistors, and the storage SOI transistors are connected in series with each other to a read port or each of the storage SOI transistors is singly connected to the read port. Therefore, an AND operation result or a NOT operation result of data stored in the unit operator cells can be obtained, and operation processing can be performed only by writing and reading data. A semiconductor signal processing device that can perform logic operation processing and arithmetic operation processing at high speed is implemented with low power consumption and a small occupation area.08-20-2009
20090295955SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR DEVICE AND DIFFERENTIAL INTERFACE THEREOF - A solid-state image sensor device and a differential interface thereof that are capable of ensuring stable transmission of image data while reducing power consumption. In an aspect of the present invention, a solid-state image sensor device comprises an image sensor section for outputting analog signals of an image being taken; a plurality of AD converter sections, arranged with respect to the column direction of the image sensor section, for converting the analog signals into digital signals; a drive circuit section for controlling the image sensor section and the AD converter sections; and a plurality of differential interface sections for transmitting the digital signals converted by the AD converter sections as differential output signals to an external device. Further, each of the differential interface sections comprises a current value changeover circuit for selecting a constant current to be applied in each differential interface section in accordance with each of a plurality of operation modes, and an offset voltage holding circuit for maintaining a constant offset voltage level for the differential output signals even when an operation mode changeover is made.12-03-2009
20120113731SEMICONDUCTOR SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A unit operator cell includes a plurality of SOI (Silicon on Insulator) transistors, write data is stored in a body region of at least two SOI transistors, and the storage SOI transistors are connected in series with each other to a read port or each of the storage SOI transistors is singly connected to the read port. Therefore, an AND operation result or a NOT operation result of data stored in the unit operator cells can be obtained, and operation processing can be performed only by writing and reading data. A semiconductor signal processing device that can perform logic operation processing and arithmetic operation processing at high speed is implemented with low power consumption and a small occupation area.05-10-2012
20130057336SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR DEVICE AND DIFFERENTIAL INTERFACE THEREOF - A solid-state image sensor device comprises an image sensor section for outputting analog signals of an image being taken; a plurality of AD converter sections, arranged with respect to the column direction of the image sensor section, for converting the analog signals into digital signals; a drive circuit section for controlling the image sensor section and the AD converter sections; and a plurality of differential interface sections for transmitting the digital signals converted by the AD converter sections as differential output signals to an external device. Each of the differential interface sections comprises a current value changeover circuit and offset voltage holding circuit operative when an operation mode changeover is made.03-07-2013

Patent applications by Hiroki Shimano, Tokyo JP

Hiroki Shimano, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110085364SEMICONDUCTOR SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A pair of operator cells each having a series-coupled circuit of first and second transistors is used as a storage unit. To-be-retrieved data and retrieval data are respectively stored in the first and second transistors, and mutually complementary data items are stored in the operator cells of the storage unit. The operator cells supply currents according to the result of an AND operation between the stored data items to corresponding bit lines, and the read data from the storage unit corresponds to the result of an EXOR operation between the retrieval data and the to-be-retrieved data. The currents flowing in the corresponding bit lines are amplified with sense amplifier circuits to drive local match lines. In the individual sub-blocks of an operator cell array, data items having different pattern lengths can be stored. The potentials of the local match lines are selected according to the data pattern lengths, and match retrieval is performed for the data items having the different pattern lengths.04-14-2011

Hiroki Shimano, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130051099Inverter Device - An inverter device includes: an inverter circuit which includes an upper-arm-use first switching element (02-28-2013
20130088279Power Converter - The present invention provides a power converter including a power semiconductor device, a driver circuit section that outputs a driving signal for driving the power semiconductor device, a buffer circuit section that includes a PNP transistor and an NPN transistor and that outputs a gate voltage for driving the power semiconductor device, a first delay circuit section that receives the driving signal and that generates a first delay signal on the basis of the received driving signal, a first MOSFET that has a drain electrode connected with the output of the buffer circuit section and that is driven on the basis of the first delay signal. A current flows through the buffer circuit section and the first MOSFET on the basis of the received driving signal, the first delay circuit section outputs the first delay signal after the buffer circuit section exits the transient state and turns on, and the gate voltage is applied to the power semiconductor device from the buffer circuit section to turn the power semiconductor device on by the switching operation of the first MOSFET based on the first delay signal.04-11-2013

Hiroki Shimano, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090103353SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - Conductive lines constituting word lines of memory cells and conductive lines constituting memory cell plate electrodes are formed in the same interconnecting layer in a memory device including a plurality of memory cells each including a capacitor for storing data in an electrical charge form. By forming the capacitors of the memory cells into a planar capacitor configuration, a step due to the capacitors is removed. Thus, a dynamic semiconductor memory device can be formed through CMOS process, and a dynamic semiconductor memory device suitable for merging with logic is achieved. Data of 1 bit is stored by two memory cells, and data can be reliably stored even if the capacitance value of the memory cell is reduced due to the planar type capacitor.04-23-2009

Patent applications by Hiroki Shimano, Hyogo JP

Hitoshi Shimano, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080200707Lipotoxicity Relieving Agent - In view of the situation that a clinically acceptable medical agent which has the action of preventing and relieving the lipotoxicity with no significant side effects is not yet provided, such medical agent is provided. An agent for relieving lipotoxicity which comprises an unsaturated fatty acid containing 18 to 22 carbon atoms and having a degree of unsaturation of 3 to 6 or a derivative thereof as its effective component.08-21-2008
20090209644LIPOTOXICITY RELIEVING AGENT - In view of the situation that a clinically acceptable medical agent which has the action of preventing and relieving the lipotoxicity with no significant side effects is not yet provided, such medical agent is provided. An agent for relieving lipotoxicity which comprises an unsaturated fatty acid containing 18 to 22 carbon atoms and having a degree of unsaturation of 3 to 6 or a derivative thereof as its effective component.08-20-2009
20090320147Nonhuman transgenic animal as type 2 diabetes model - The invention provides a non-human transgenic animal as a model of type 2 diabetes manifesting a symptom of type 2 diabetes by excessive expression of the active SREBP-2 protein in pancreatic β-cells by introducing a recombinant DNA in which a DNA encoding the active SREBP-2 protein is disposed under the control of a promoter, and a method for screening therapeutic agents of diabetes using the transgenic animal.12-24-2009

Jun Shimano, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090101514Electrodeposition Method for Metals - An objective of the present invention is to provide an electrodeposition method for metals using a molten salt, which easily enables the electrodeposition of various types of metals such as refractory metals and rare earth metals. In order to solve this problem, the invention is characterized in that it is effected at the electrodeposition temperature in a range of from 100° C. to 200° C. using a molten salt of quaternary ammonium halide represented by the general formula (I) below (wherein, in the formula, R04-23-2009

Katsuhiro Shimano, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080279181Packet Transmission Method and Packet Transmission Device - A packet transfer method in a network apparatus that transfers packets is disclosed. In the packet transfer method, a sending side apparatus generates two copies of a send packet, provides a sequence number identifying the same sending sequence to each of the copied packets, provides an identifier corresponding to a send/receive pair to each of the copied packets to send the packets, and a receiving side apparatus receives each of the packets with two receiving units; recognizes the identifiers each corresponding to a send/receive pair; identifies packets having the same information and the sequence based on the sequence number when the identifiers are the same; selects one of the packets of the same sequence so as to send the packet downstream, and discards another packet, wherein, when only one of the packets of the same sequence arrives, the arriving packet is sent downstream.11-13-2008

Katsuhiro Shimano, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110038373PACKET TRANSMISSION METHOD AND PACKET TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A packet transfer method in a network apparatus that transfers packets is disclosed. In the packet transfer method, a sending side apparatus generates two copies of a send packet, provides a sequence number identifying the same sending sequence to each of the copied packets, provides an identifier corresponding to a send/receive pair to each of the copied packets to send the packets, and a receiving side apparatus receives each of the packets with two receiving units; recognizes the identifiers each corresponding to a send/receive pair; identifies packets having the same information and the sequence based on the sequence number when the identifiers are the same; selects one of the packets of the same sequence so as to send the packet downstream, and discards another packet, wherein, when only one of the packets of the same sequence arrives, the arriving packet is sent downstream.02-17-2011

Kenichi Shimano, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120257848SLIDE BEARING - A slide bearing has an oil supply passage formed in a lower bearing portion, that supplies lubricating oil into clearance between an outer peripheral surface of a rotating shaft and lower and upper slide surfaces, and an oil discharge passage formed in the lower half bearing portion and discharges the lubricating oil from the clearance. The oil supply passage has a downstream portion and the oil discharge passage has an upstream portion which is provided at positions on opposite sides of the rotating shaft. The oil supply passage has an upstream portion extending toward the upstream portion of the oil discharge passage, and the oil discharge passage has a downstream portion extending toward the downstream portion of the oil supply passage.10-11-2012

Kiyoharu Shimano, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090295983Camera module and electronic device including the same - In a camera module 12-03-2009

Kiyoharu Shimano, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100294342SOLAR CELL MODULE AND ELECTRONICS DEVICE INCLUDING THE SOLAR CELL MODULE - A solar cell module 11-25-2010

Masanao Shimano, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130131180N-HYDROXYFORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE AND MEDICAMENT CONTAINING SAME - A compound represented by the following general formula (I) which has ADAM17 inhibitory activity, or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof:05-23-2013

Mihoko Shimano, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090208108NORMAL LINE INFORMATION ESTIMATION DEVICE, REGISTERED IMAGE GROUP FORMATION DEVICE AND IMAGE COLLATION DEVICE, AND NORMAL LINE INFORMATION ESTIMATION METHOD - A normal line information estimation device for estimating normal line information of an object from an image of the object. The normal line information estimation device includes an illumination direction estimation section for estimating an illumination direction with respect to the object in the image from a luminance value of the image; a normal line information estimation section for estimating the normal line information of the object in the image based on the illumination direction; and a specular reflection component estimation section for estimating a specular reflection component of the image from the normal line information of the object and the illumination direction with respect to the object. The normal line information estimation section estimates the normal line information again from the image from which a specular reflection component has been removed in the specular reflection component section.08-20-2009

Patent applications by Mihoko Shimano, Tokyo JP

Mitsuhiro Shimano, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110276154GAME CONTROL PROGRAM AND GAME DEVICE - Damages include ineffective damage (scratch damage) and effective damage (fixed damage). When scratch damage occurs, an amount Ds corresponding to the scratch damage is stored into a memory. When fixed damage occurs, a vitality parameter Lp is decreased by an amount Df corresponding to the fixed damage. Scratch damage decreases over time. If fixed damage Df occurs in the presence of scratch damage, the vitality parameter Lp is decreased by a total amount of the scratch damage and the fixed damage. Such controls on the vitality parameter diversify the game progress.11-10-2011

Mitsuyoshi Shimano, Ichihara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100152385Process for producing propylene resin composition - Disclosed are processes for producing polypropylene resin compositions including two or three sorts of propylene-based polymeric materials, the processes including a first step of melt-kneading at least a propylene-α-olefin block copolymer containing a polymer portion composed mainly of propylene and a propylene-α-olefin copolymer portion having a relatively high intrinsic viscosity and a second step of melt-kneading the product of the first step with a propylene-ethylene block copolymer containing a polymer portion composed mainly of propylene and a propylene-ethylene copolymer portion having a relatively low intrinsic viscosity or a polymer portion composed mainly of propylene having a relatively low intrinsic viscosity. In the composition produced by these processes, no or substantially no fish eyes develop.06-17-2010
20120245296METHOD FOR PRODUCING MODIFIED PROPYLENE POLYMER - Disclosed is a method for producing a modified propylene polymer that exhibits low flowability and also exhibits little fluctuation in melt flow rate compared with the melt flow rate of the propylene polymer before modification, the method involving a heat treatment step of subjecting a mixture comprising 100 parts by weight of a propylene polymer (A), from 0.1 to 50 parts by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated bond-containing compound (B), and from 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of an organic peroxide (C) whose decomposition temperature at which the half-life thereof becomes 1 minute is lower than 120° C. to heat treatment by using an extruder at a temperature lower than the decomposition temperature of the organic peroxide (C) at which the half-life thereof becomes 1 minute.09-27-2012
20120245297MODIFIED PROPYLENE POLYMER - Disclosed is a modified propylene polymer excellent in the balance between melt tension and flowability, the modified propylene polymer being obtainable by reacting 100 parts by weight of a propylene polymers (A), from 0.1 to 50 parts by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated bond-containing compounds (B), and from 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of an organic peroxide (C), wherein a melt flow rate measured at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg and a melt tension measured at 190° C. satisfy the following formula (1):09-27-2012
20120245302METHOD FOR PRODUCING MODIFIED PROPYLENE POLYMER - Disclosed is a method for producing a modified propylene polymer excellent in the balance between melt tension and flowability, the method involving a heat treatment step of subjecting a mixture comprising 100 parts by weight of a propylene polymer (A) and from 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of an organic peroxide (B) whose decomposition temperature at which the half-life thereof becomes 1 minute is lower than 120° C. to heat treatment by using an extruder at a temperature lower than the decomposition temperature of the organic peroxide (B) at which the half-life thereof becomes 1 minute.09-27-2012

Patent applications by Mitsuyoshi Shimano, Ichihara-Shi JP

Mitsuyoshi Shimano, Kimitsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100261843PROPYLENE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE THEREOF - There is provided a propylene-based resin composition containing 10 to 89% by mass of a propylene-based polymer (A) (excluding a modified propylene-based polymer (C) defined below), 10 to 89% by mass of a polylactic acid-based resin (B), and 1 to 80% by mass of a modified propylene-based polymer (C) which is an α,β-unsaturated glycidyl ester-grafted propylene-based polymer having an α,β-unsaturated glycidyl ester-derived structural unit content of 0.1% by mass or more and less than 1.0% by mass, provided that each of the contents of the propylene-based polymer (A), the polylactic acid-based resin (B) and the modified propylene-based polymer (C) is an amount based on the total amount of the three components.10-14-2010
20100261846METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE - There is provided a method for producing a resin composition which is good in dispersability of a biodegradable resin. This method has a first kneading step of kneading (A) a biodegradable resin and (B) a compound that is reactive with the biodegradable resin (A) to produce a resin composition precursor, and a second kneading step of kneading the resin composition precursor and a polyolefin resin (C).10-14-2010
20120184679POLYOLEFIN-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE - Provided is a polyolefin-based resin composition comprising from 30 to 90% by mass of a polyolefin resin (A), from 1 to 50% by mass of an aliphatic polyester-based resin (B) , from 1 to 40% by mass of an ethylene-octene rubber (C) having a melt flow rates being higher than 3 g/10 minutes and not higher than 40 g/10 minutes, and from 0.01 to 20% by mass of an epoxy group-containing ethylene-based polymers (D) ; molded articles obtainable by molding the composition is superior in tensile elongation and impact resistance.07-19-2012

Mitsuyoshi Shimano, Chiba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100273959RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE USING THE SAME - This invention provides a resin composition comprising a polyolefin-based polymer and an aliphatic polyester-based polymer, which has an excellent balance of impact resistance and rigidity and excellent properties, such as processability. The resin composition comprises a polyolefin-based polymer (A), an aliphatic polyester-based polymer (B), an elastomer (C), which has a melt flow rate (MFR), measured at 190° C. under a load of 21N, of 0.5 to 3.0 g/10 minutes, and an epoxy group-containing polyolefin-based polymer (D).10-28-2010
20100280194MOLDED ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - This invention provides a molded article that is excellent in planar impact resistance and shape stability by the use of a composition comprising a polyolefin-based polymer and an aliphatic polyester-based polymer and that is less likely to experience layer separation at the time of molding and a method for producing the same. Such a molded article comprises a resin composition comprising a polyolefin-based polymer (A), an aliphatic polyester-based polymer (B), an ethylene-α olefin-based elastomer (C), and an epoxy group-containing polyolefin-based polymer (D), and the aliphatic polyester-based polymer (B) has an aspect ratio A11-04-2010

Satoshi Shimano, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120009459PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM COMPOSITE METAL OXIDE HAVING LAYERED STRUCTURE - A method of producing a layered structure lithium mixed metal oxide, including a step of calcining a lithium mixed metal oxide raw material containing a transition metal element and a lithium element in a molar ratio of the lithium element to the transition metal element of 1 or more and 2 or less, in the presence of an inactive flux containing one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a carbonate of M, a sulfate of M, a nitrate of M, a phosphate of M, a hydroxide of M, a molybdate of M, and a tungstate of M, wherein M represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Mg, Sr and Ba.01-12-2012
20120088145POWDER AND LITHIUM NICKEL MIXED METAL OXIDE - Disclosed is a powder comprising a lithium-containing compound and a nickel-containing mixed metal compound, and satisfying the following requirements of (1) and (2) when the powder is analyzed by plasma emission spectrometry of particles: 04-12-2012
20120244413METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM COMPOSITE METAL OXIDE, LITHIUM COMPOSITE METAL OXIDE, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides a method of producing a lithium mixed metal oxide, a lithium mixed metal oxide and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The method includes a step of calcining a mixture of one or more compounds of M wherein M is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt and manganese, and a lithium compound, in the presence of one or more inactive fluxes selected from the group consisting of a fluoride of A, a chloride of A, a carbonate of A, a sulfate of A, a nitrate of A, a phosphate of A, a hydroxide of A, a molybdate of A and a tungstate of A, wherein A is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Mg, Sr and Ba. The lithium mixed metal oxide contains nickel, cobalt and manganese, has a BET specific surface area of from 3 m09-27-2012
20120301390METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LITHIUM COMPLEX METAL OXIDE - A method for producing a lithium mixed metal oxide, which includes mixing a lithium compound, metallic Ni or a compound thereof, and one or more transition metals selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Ti, Cr and Fe or a compound thereof; and calcining the obtained raw material mixture under an atmosphere of the concentration of carbon dioxide of from 1% by volume to 15% by volume at 630° C. or higher.11-29-2012

Shizuo Shimano, Ageo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130045989STABILIZED CRYSTAL OF 2-ETHYL-3,7-DIMETHYL-6-(4-(TRIFLUOROMETHOXY)PHENOXY)QUINOLINE-4-YL METHYL CARBONATE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE CRYSTAL, AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE CRYSTAL - An objective of the present invention is to provide a crystal of 2-ethyl-3,7-dimethyl-6-(4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenoxy)quinoline-4-yl methyl carbonate having stable physicochemical properties.02-21-2013

Shizuo Shimano, Ibaraki-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110118468PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 6-ARYLOXYQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE AND INTERMEDIATE THEREFOR - Disclosed is a process for producing 6-aryloxyquinoline derivatives useful as insecticides or fungicides for agricultural and horticultural use. The process comprises a cyclization reaction step of reacting an anthranilic acid derivative represented by general formula (1) with a ketone in the presence of an acid to obtain a quinolone derivative and a condensation reaction step of reacting the quinolone derivative with a halogen compound or an acid anhydride to obtain a quinoline derivative.05-19-2011

Shozo Shimano, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100288427PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF INORGANIC FIBER MATS - Provided is a method of producing an inorganic fiber mat, the method enabling efficient adhesion of an aldehyde scavenger to an inorganic fiber mat while preventing the aldehyde scavenger from scattering around. The method of producing an inorganic fiber mat includes a fiber collection step of applying a binder to inorganic fibers and accumulating in a mat-like shape on a conveyor line to form an inorganic fiber web, a binder-curing step of heat-curing the binder applied to the inorganic fiber web to form an inorganic fiber mat, and an aldehyde scavenger application step of applying an aldehyde scavenger to the inorganic fiber mat, in which the aldehyde scavenger application step involves spraying the aldehyde scavenger in a form of droplets having an average diameter of 1 to 50 μm on a front side of the inorganic fiber mat and sucking from a back side of the inorganic fiber mat.11-18-2010

Susumu Shimano, Handa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120245254INORGANIC BOARD AND INORGANIC BOARD PRODUCTION METHOD - An inorganic board is obtained by extrusion molding of raw material composition, contains cement and silica-containing material in weight ratio ranging from 45:55 to 55:45, contains 3 to 8 wt %, with respect to total solids, of organic fibers. In the inorganic board, specific gravity ranges from 1.4 to 2.0, flexural strength is not lower than 20 N/mm09-27-2012

Takahiro Shimano, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120309267METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A POLISHING SURFACE OF A POLISHING PAD USED IN POLISHING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a method capable of monitoring the polishing surface of the polishing pad without removing the polishing pad from the polishing table. The method includes: conditioning the polishing surface of the polishing pad by causing a rotating dresser to oscillate on the polishing surface; measuring a height of the polishing surface when the conditioning of the polishing surface is performed; calculating a position of a measuring point of the height on a two-dimensional surface defined on the polishing surface; and repeating the measuring of the height of the polishing surface and the calculating of the position of the measuring point to create height distribution in the polishing surface.12-06-2012
20120315829METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDITIONING A POLISHING PAD - A method of conditioning a surface of a polishing pad is used for conditioning a polishing pad on a polishing table for polishing a thin film formed on a surface of a substrate. The conditioning method includes bringing a dresser into contact with the polishing pad, and conditioning the polishing pad by moving the dresser between a central part of the polishing pad and an outer circumferential part of the polishing pad. A moving speed of the dresser at a predetermined area of the polishing pad is higher than a standard moving speed of the dresser at the predetermined area of the polishing pad.12-13-2012

Takeo Shimano, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090129104Floor mat - A conventional room lamp or foot lamp has a problem that the place where user's feet are is difficult to see and poor in visibility, and on the other hand, when the lamp is made unnecessarily bright to cause luminance distribution in the field of view to be discontinuous, an unpleasant phenomenon called glare occurs. A surface EL light emitting body is entirely coated with a transparent waterproof sheet and then it is sandwiched and bonded between upper and lower sheets to form on mat. At least a part of the upper sheet is formed transparent, a lead wire is fixed to the EL light emitting body, and a connector to be connected to a power supply outlet in a vehicle is provided at the forward end of the lead wire. A light control circuit for altering the emission intensity of the EL light emitting body and a circuit for automatically turning off the power upon disconnection of the lead wire are provided in the middle of the lead wire, and the EL light emitting body is made to emit light at a luminance of 0.5-4.0 cd/m05-21-2009

Takeshi Shimano, Moriya JP

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20090052303Objective optical element and optical head apparatus - Two optical discs used with a laser light having the same wavelength but having different substrate thicknesses can be handled by a single optical disc apparatus and a multilayer optical disc can also be reproduced. A refractive lens unit and liquid crystal elements are provided so as to condense laser light on an optical disc having a thin substrate thickness with a first NA and to condense laser light on an optical disc having a thick substrate thickness with a second NA smaller than the first NA. The refractive lens unit is designed such that the amount of RMS wavefront aberration is minimized with respect to an intermediate substrate thickness between the two optical discs in the range of the second NA; and the RMS wavefront aberration is 0.05λ or less with respect to the substrate thickness of the optical disc in an area outside the second NA. A liquid crystal element for compatibility corrects spherical aberration due to the difference in substrate thickness between the two optical discs. A liquid crystal element for multilayer corrects spherical aberration based on layer selection of a multilayer optical disc.02-26-2009
20090129238OBJECTIVE LENS - A combined aspherical lens has an aspherical shape with an intermediate substrate thickness between the substrate thicknesses of a BD and an HD in a numerical aperture (NA) range for the HD, and an aspherical shape dedicated to the BD in an NA range for the BD only. The lens is designed such that wave aberration occurring through the NA range for the HD for BD reproduction has the same aberration form as but has an opposite sign to wave aberration occurring through this range for HD reproduction. Further, in the NA range for the HD, a pattern of annular transparent electrodes is optimized for a spherical aberration wavefront defocused to minimize the maximum inclination of the wave aberration. A phase shift applied is within plus or minus half wave excluding an integer wavelength of aberration.05-21-2009
20090303847OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS THEREFOR - There is a need to accurately lock focus of a laser beam onto a target data layer of a multilayer optical disc. The above need can be addressed by, for example, performing a focus lock operation after a spherical aberration correction amount is set in such a way as to make smaller the ratio of the focus error signal waveform amplitude at the data layer adjacent to a target data layer through which a laser beam passes earlier than through the target data layer to the focus error signal waveform amplitude at the target data layer than that when the spherical aberration correction amount is set so as to be optimal for the target data layer.12-10-2009
20100271921OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD - A holographic recording medium in which information can be reproduced by phase conjugate beam without requiring a mirror for obtaining the phase conjugate beam and its driving part and recording density is not reduced. The recording medium includes a recording layer in which an interference pattern is recorded and a light absorption/transmission layer which can be reversibly changed to be in a first state where signal beam and reference beam passed through the recording layer are absorbed at the time of recording of information and a second state where the reference beam is transmitted at the time of reproduction of information, and the reference beam transmitted through the light absorption/transmission layer is reflected by a reflection layer to produce the phase conjugate beam.10-28-2010

Takeshi Shimano, Tokorozawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090129217OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS - A rewritable optical disk apparatus, optical information recording and reproducing apparatus or the like is allowed to automatically and properly adjust the optical system to the optimum focal condition regardless of the readout signal detector's positional error and the residual aberration in the optical system. The spherical aberration and defocus are coarsely adjusted using the amplitude (PP amplitude) of the tracking error signal and then finely adjusted using the amplitude (RF amplitude) of the readout signal. Since the spherical aberration can properly be adjusted, it is possible to raise the reliability of the readout signal.05-21-2009

Patent applications by Takeshi Shimano, Tokorozawa JP

Takeshi Shimano, Ibaraki-Shi JP

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20110085432GRATING ELEMENT, OPTICAL PICKUP OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DESIGNING GRATING ELEMENT - A grating element is provided with diffraction members wherein protrusions and recesses are periodically arranged, respectively, on one surface of each of transparent substrates. The diffraction members are laminated in the substantially perpendicular direction to the transparent substrates, the protrusions of the diffraction members are made of a dielectric multilayer film, and the dielectric multilayer film has dielectric films of two or more types laminated in the substantially perpendicular direction on the transparent substrates. The wavelengths of laser beams diffracted at predetermined diffraction efficiencies by the diffraction members are different from one another.04-14-2011
20110211438COLLIMATING LENS UNIT AND OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE USING THE SAME - An optical pickup device that can reduce interlayer crosstalk, without changing the configuration of the optical system, and without excessively increasing the size of the optical system. The optical pickup device reproduces a signal from a multilayered optical information recording medium having a plurality of information recording layers. The optical pickup device uses a collimating lens unit as a collimating optical system that collimates light from a light source, and the collimating lens unit includes a first and second lens group arranged at a predetermined distance from each other so as to form a converged light spot in the interior of the collimating lens unit, and an optical element provided between the first lens group and the second lens group so as to form a light spot at a position defocused from the position of the converged light spot, thereby decreasing quantity of light passing through the collimating lens unit.09-01-2011

Tetsuro Shimano, Yamaguchi JP

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20100010233PROCESS FOR PREPARING IMIDAZOLIDIN-2,4-DIONE COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING SOLID STATE 4,5-DIHYDROXY-2-IMIDAZOLIDINONE COMPOUND - An object of the present invention is to provide an industrially suitable process for preparing an imidazolidin-2,4-dione compound which is safe, simple and easy to prepare the imidazolidin-2,4-dione compound with high yield, which is a useful compound, for example, as a material for decomposing a harmful halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon compound such as dioxin, etc., an electroless silver plating solution for electronic parts, or a diazo copying material, etc. This object can be solved by a process for preparing an imidazolidin-2,4-dione compound which comprises subjecting a 4,5-dihydroxy-2-imidazolidinone compound, (1) to dehydration reaction in the presence of an acid catalyst(s); or (2) to reaction at 100 to 300° C. Or, it can be solved by a process for preparing an imidazolidin-2,4-dione compound which comprises reacting a mixed solution of a urea compound, glyoxal, and a base at 20 to 300° C.01-14-2010

Toshihisa Shimano, Shizuoka JP

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20090163690POLYCARBOSILANE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The objective of the present invention is to provide a polycarbosilane having excellent solubility in common organic solvents and a method for production thereof. The polycarbosilane of the present invention is a polymer which is represented by the following general formula (1) and has an oxetanyl group in a side chain. R06-25-2009

Tsutomu Shimano, Mishima-Shi JP

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20110305984TONER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TONER - A toner having a toner particle including a core particle obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable monomer composition containing at least a polymerizable monomer, a colorant, a release agent, a polar resin, and a crystalline polyester in an aqueous medium and an outer shell formed by fixing resin fine particles to the surface of the core particle, wherein the resin constituting the resin fine particles is an amorphous resin and the acid value of the resin fine particles is 4.0 to 50.0 mgKOH/g.12-15-2011

Yasutoshi Shimano, Tokyo JP

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20110012381BUMPER STRUCTURE - A lightweight bumper structure is achieved without a reduction in the amount of absorption of collision energy. A bumper structure (B01-20-2011

Yoshio Shimano, Kawasaki JP

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20080316591Optical amplifier - According to an aspect of the embodiment of the invention, an optical amplifier including an input port, an output port, a plurality of amplifying parts, an optical attenuator, a gain controller and an optical attenuator controller. The plurality of amplifying parts includes an optical amplification medium and a pumping light source for generating pump light. The optical attenuator is optically connected between the amplifying parts. The gain controller controls the pump light power of the pump sources, respectively, in such a way that the ratio decreases in accordance with the gain set value increasing and the ratio interpose between a first threshold level and a second threshold level. The optical attenuator controller controls attenuation of the optical attenuator in order to maintain the sum of generating gains of the amplifying parts in the gain set value in accordance with a state of the signal light inputted into the input port.12-25-2008
20090153951RAMAN AMPLIFIER AND RAMAN AMPLIFIER ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A pumping unit supplies pumping light to a fiber connecting medium, a light monitoring unit detects light power of multiple-wavelength light; and a control unit controls the pumping light based on light power detected by the light monitoring unit and connecting medium information indicating optical characteristics in the connecting medium. The connecting medium information includes information indicating a fiber type of the fiber connecting medium, information indicating a length of the fiber connecting medium, an average fiber loss coefficient of the fiber connecting medium and an intra-station loss value.06-18-2009
20110019268RAMAN AMPLIFIER AND RAMAN AMPLIFIER ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A pumping unit supplies pumping light to a fiber connecting medium; a light monitoring unit detects light power of multiple-wavelength light; and a control unit controls the pumping light based on light power detected by the light monitoring unit and connecting medium information indicating optical characteristics in the connecting medium. The connecting medium information includes information indicating a fiber type of the fiber connecting medium, information indicating a length of the fiber connecting medium, an average fiber loss coefficient of the fiber connecting medium and an intra-station loss value.01-27-2011
20120307351RAMAN AMPLIFIER AND RAMAN AMPLIFIER ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A pumping unit supplies pumping light to a fiber connecting medium; a light monitoring unit detects light power of multiple-wavelength light; and a control unit controls the pumping light based on light power detected by the light monitoring unit and connecting medium information indicating optical characteristics in the connecting medium. The connecting medium information includes information indicating a fiber type of the fiber connecting medium, information indicating a length of the fiber connecting medium, an average fiber loss coefficient of the fiber connecting medium and an intra-station loss value.12-06-2012

Patent applications by Yoshio Shimano, Kawasaki JP