IP Library Granted Patent US 7,179,844
Granted Patent B2
US 7,179,844 · App. 10/333,893 · Granted Feb 20, 2007

Dielectric resin foam and lens for radio waves using the same

Assignees: Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd.; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,179,844
App. No.
10/333,893
Granted
Feb 20, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a dielectric resin foam which has high and uniform dielectric properties and is preferable for use as various dielectric materials. A dielectric resin foam obtained by expanding a resin composition comprising a synthetic resin and a fibrous and/or plate-like dielectric inorganic filler is provided.

Claims (7)

1. A lense for radio waves comprising a dielectric resin foam obtained by three-dimensionally expanding a resin composition comprising a synthetic resin and at least one of a fibrous alkaline earth metal titanate and a plate-like alkaline earth metal titanate,

wherein the at least one of the fibrous alkaline earth metal titanate and the plate-like alkaline earth metal titanate are non-uniformly oriented in the thermoplastic resin, and

wherein the dielectric resin foam comprises uniform dielectric properties, wherein said lens has a constant dielectric constant and a spherical shape.

2. A lens for radio waves comprising a dielectric resin foam obtained by three dimensionally expanding a resin composition comprising a synthetic resin and at least one of a fibrous alkaline earth metal titanate and a plate-like alkaline earth metal titanate,

wherein the at least one of the fibrous alkaline earth metal titanate and the plate-like alkaline earth metal titanate are non-uniformly oriented in the thermoplastic resin,

wherein the dielectric resin foam comprises uniform dielectric properties, and

wherein said dielectric resin foam is formed into a Luneberg lens, said Luneberg lens having a spherical shape and multiple layers each having a different dielectric constant, said multiple layers being concentrically overlapped to each other, thereby forming a concentric sphere.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2003
From: AKI, MINORU; MONDE, HIROYUKI; TABUCHI, AKIRA; TACHI, YOSHIFUMI; KAWAKAMI, SYOUGO; KURODA, MASATOSHI; KISHIMOTO, TETSUO; KIMURA, KOUICHI
To: OTSUKA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2000-227971 · Jul 27, 2000 · national
JP 2001-222685 · Jul 24, 2001 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040029985A1 · Feb 12, 2004