Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Yoshitaka Osawa

Akira Nishimura

Takafumi Uemiya

Yutaka Shibata

Shin-ichiro Niwa

Shosuke Yamanouchi

Hiroshi Okazaki

Nobutaka Matsushita

Shinichi Toyooka

Masahiro Irie

Shinzo Yamashita

Shinzo Kohjiya

Isao Tsujigaito

Mitsunobu Tobe

Junki Morimi

A fluorine resin coated article comprising a metal substrate coated with a composition comprising a fluorine resin containing (a) a polyamideimide resin, a polyimide resin, a polyphenylene sulfide resin, a polyethersulfone resin or a mixture thereof in an amount of at least 0.5 wt % based on the amount of the fluorine resin, and (b) mica in an amount of at least 0.5 wt % based on the amount of the fluorine resin.

Fluorine resin coated article

An elastomeric optical waveguide comprising a core and a cladding surrounding the core in which at least the core comprises an elastomer to which elasticity is imparted by irradiation of a radioactive ray, which has low attenuation of light transmission.

Elastomeric optical waveguide with core and cladding imparted with

A cross-linked optical siloxane polymer having a group for modifying a refractive index of the polymer which is introduced in a side chain of the polymer by a hydrosilyl reaction of one of the following systems: (1) a compound (A) having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond and a group for modifying a refractive index, and a siloxane polymer (B) having a silicon hydride group wherein the molar ratio of the silicon hydride group to the carbon-carbon unsaturated bond is more than 1, and (2) a compound (A') having a silicon hydride group and a group for modifying a refractive index, and a siloxane polymer (B') having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond wherein the molar ratio of the carbon-carbon unsaturated bond to the silicon hydride group is more than 1, the polymer being cross-linked by a hydrosilyl reaction of the unreacted silicon hydride groups of the silixane polymer (B) with a compound (C) having at least two carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds when the system (1) is used, or by a hydrosilyl reaction of the unreacted carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds of the siloxane polymer (B') with a compound (C') having at least two silicon hydride groups when the system (2) is used, the refractive index of which is easily and precisely modified.

Cross-linked optical siloxane polymer

An optical element integrated optical waveguide comprising (1) a polymeric supporting member a length of which lies in a light transmission direction and which has at least one bore along its entire length, (2) at least one optical waveguide part consisting of organic siloxane polymer filling at least one bore, and (3) at least one optical element embedded in the optical waveguide part is provided.

Optical element integrated optical waveguide and production of the same

An optical sensor which comprises an optical waveguide comprising a cladding and an optical waveguide member made of a transparent elastomer which is surrounded by the cladding and through which light is propagated, wherein an amount of light to be propagated through the waveguide member is changed according to a degree of elastic deformation of the waveguide member, which is not affected by electrical and/or magnetic fields.

Optical sensor

A functional elastomer in which a viologen unit is introduced into a principal polymeric chain through cationic polymerization by using a bifunctional initiator, said elastomer being represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein X represents polyether and A represents an anion.

Functional elastomer

A flexible membrane material of good water repellency comprising a base material and a water repellent layer on the base material, wherein the water repellent layer is a thin rubber layer having therein finely divided fluorinated resin grains scattered and rubbed in. This water repellent layer is firmly adhered to the base material and is substantially free from development of cracks during use. Furthermore the water-repellent layer prevents permeation of water and formation of a water layer on the membrane material. The flexible membrane material of the invention is suitable for use in the production of a radome for a satellite communication system, pneumatic membrane structures, or tents.

Flexible membrane material

A highly weather-proof high strength membrane material which comprises

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Yoshitaka Osawa