Patents Assigned to Unitika
  • Publication number: 20180201579
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a bismaleimide using an aliphatic diamine, in which acid components remaining as an impurity at a very small amount in the bismaleimide have been effectively removed, that is, a bismaleimide using an aliphatic diamine, an acid value of which has sufficiently been reduced, and a method for producing it. There are provided a bismaleimide using an aliphatic diamine as a diamine component, characterized in that an acid value thereof is 2 mg-KOH/g or less, and a method for producing the bismaleimide, comprising adding carbodiimide to a solution comprising a crude bismaleimide having an acid value of more than 2 mg-KOH/g, and reacting acid components in the crude bismaleimide with carbodiimide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki YAMADA, Tatsuya MORIKITA, Takeshi YOSHIDA, Akira SHIGETA, Yoshiaki ECHIGO
  • Patent number: 10018753
    Abstract: A light diffusion sheet for an organic electroluminescent element to be used in an organic electroluminescent panel. The light diffusion sheet includes: a glass fiber cloth composed of at least one glass fiber; silica on a surface of the glass fiber or between the glass fibers; and at least one selected from a group consisting of metal alkoxides and reaction products of metal alkoxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: KONICA MINOLTA, INC., UNITIKA LTD., UNITIKA GLASS FIBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koutarou Kikuchi, Masato Kimura, Taishi Torikai
  • Publication number: 20180154668
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a retroreflective material that has excellent wash resistance, and stably maintains, even after it is repeatedly washed, a daytime color visible by ink-jet printing and a nighttime color visible by retroreflected light. A retroreflective material comprising a fixing resin layer, a transparent microsphere embedded in the fixing resin layer, a reflective layer provided on a surface of the transparent microsphere opposite to incident light, and an ink-jet receptive layer provided on an outermost surface near the incident light, wherein the refractive index of the transparent microsphere is set to 1.6 to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: UNITIKA SPARKLITE LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutaka NISHIMURA, Motomu FUJIKI, Atsumi NISHIGAKI
  • Patent number: 9957422
    Abstract: Disclosed is an adhesive for packaging materials being in a form of an aqueous dispersion including an acid-modified polyolefin resin containing a (meth)acrylic acid ester component, polyvinyl alcohol and an aqueous medium, wherein the content of polyvinyl alcohol is 0.1 to 10 parts by mass in relation to 100 parts by mass of the acid-modified polyolefin resin. Also disclosed is a packaging material using the adhesive wherein a barrier layer, an adhesive layer formed of a coating film obtained from the adhesive, and a sealant layer are laminated in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Unitika Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenjin Shiba, Takamasa Yoshino, Takuma Yano
  • Patent number: 9950300
    Abstract: [Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a polyamide hollow fiber membrane having such properties that the transmission of fine particles through the membrane can be prevented effectively, the membrane has an excellent water transmissibility, the entire surface of the membrane has excellent hydrophilicity, and impurities such as metal elements are rarely eluted through the membrane. [Solution] A polyamide hollow fiber membrane produced by a TIPS method under specific production conditions has the following characteristic properties: (1) the contact angle of water on the surface of the membrane is 80° or less; (2) the external pressure water transmissibility of the membrane is 50 L/(m2·atm·h) or more; and (3) the 50 nm-particles blocking ratio of the membrane is 90% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Hara, Takahiro Ono, Terumi Murata, Kuniko Inoue
  • Publication number: 20180086704
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an industrially advantageous method for producing a bisimide dicarboxylic acid, which uses substantially no solvent and requires no granulation after completion of the reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Yumeto FUKUBAYASHI, Makoto NAKAI, Akira SHIGETA, Munenori YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20180072848
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a polyamide-imide which has a high regularity of molecular structure and few branched structures, does not contain hydrogen halide, is not required to be separated and purified in post processes, and can be suitably used as a film, a varnish, or a molding material; raw material salt of polyamide-imide and production method thereof. The polyamide-imide has a repeating unit represented by the general formula (1): in which R1, R2 represent independently a divalent residue having an aromatic ring, an aliphatic ring or an aliphatic hydrocarbon; R3, R4 represent independently a trivalent residue having an aromatic ring or an aliphatic ring; and an hydrogen atom bonding to the respective rings may be replaced by another atom or an atomic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Yumeto FUKUBAYASHI, Makoto NAKAI, Akira SHIGETA, Munenori YAMADA
  • Patent number: 9879127
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiaromatic polyamide resin composition including a semiaromatic polyamide (A), a phosphorus-based flame retardant (B) and an inorganic aluminum compound (C), wherein the mass ratio (A/B) between (A) and (B) is 50/50 to 95/5; the amount of the inorganic aluminum compound (C) is 0.1 to 20 parts by mass in relation to 100 parts by mass of the total amount of (A) and (B); (A) is constituted with an aromatic dicarboxylic acid component, an aliphatic diamine component and a monocarboxylic acid component; and the content of the monocarboxylic acid component is 0.3 to 4.0 mol % in relation to the whole monomer components constituting (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Mii, Yutaka Taketani, Taiyo Amari, Hiroo Kamikawa, Yohei Kabashima
  • Publication number: 20180022920
    Abstract: Provided is a polyamide resin composition including 0.01 to 50 parts by mass of cellulose fiber in relation to 100 parts by mass of a polyamide resin, having a relative viscosity of 2.3 or more, and having an L-value, an a-value and a b-value in an Lab color space of 20 or more, 10 or less and 20 or less, respectively. The aforementioned polyamide resin composition is obtained by subjecting a polyamide resin composition having a relative viscosity of 2.2 or less to a solid phase polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Miho Nakai, Shohei Kumazawa, Kenji Ikemoto
  • Patent number: 9862800
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyarylate resin having an adequate ultraviolet-absorbing property and an adequate dissolving property in an organic solvent, which is excellent in a solution stability even when it is dissolved in a polar organic solvent having a high hygroscopic property and in a reactivity with the other material and adhesive properties to various materials. The present invention provides a polyarylate resin comprising a bisphenol component including a compound shown by a general formula (1) and an aromatic dicarboxylic acid component as monomeric components, wherein the polyarylate resin is satisfied with the formula mentioned below: ?B/?A?0.95 (wherein ?A represents an inherent viscosity measured in a concentration of 1 g/dL and a temperature of 25° C. using tetrachloroethane as a solvent and ?B represents an inherent viscosity measured in a concentration of 1 g/dL and a temperature of 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Chiho Matsumoto, Takamasa Akizuki
  • Patent number: 9849653
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mold release film including a resin layer provided on one surface of a polyester film, wherein the resin layer includes 100 parts by mass of a polypropylene-based modified polyolefin resin with the proportion of a modifying component of 1 to 10% by mass and 1 to 50 parts by mass of a cross-linking agent; the peel strength between the resin layer and a pressure-sensitive adhesive measured by bonding a rubber-based pressure-sensitive adhesive to the resin layer exceeds 3.0 N/cm; and the residual adhesion rate of a pressure-sensitive adhesive after bonding an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive to the resin layer is 80% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Goro Araki, Nobuyasu Okumura, Yoshimi Ueno
  • Publication number: 20170114217
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition including a polyamide (A), a polyester (B) and a white pigment (C), wherein (A) has a melting point of 280° C. or higher, (B) is polycyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate, a mass ratio (A/B) is 5/95 to 95/5, and a content of (C) is 10 to 150 parts by mass in relation to 100 parts by mass of a total amount of (A) and (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Kabashima, Hiroo Kamikawa, Junichi Mii, Taiyo Amari
  • Patent number: 9580565
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semi-aromatic polyamide film including 98 to 90% by mass of a semi-aromatic polyamide (A) and 2 to 10% by mass of a thermoplastic elastomer (B). The semi-aromatic polyamide (A) includes a dicarboxylic acid mainly composed of terephthalic acid and a diamine mainly composed of an aliphatic diamine having 9 carbon atoms. The thermoplastic elastomer (B) has functional groups. The film is a stretched film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Yukiko Inui, Naoki Takaishi
  • Publication number: 20170047150
    Abstract: The present invention provides a ferromagnetic metal nanowire dispersion having an excellent dispersibility, from which a ferromagnetic metal nanowire film having an excellent electrical conductivity can be made. The present invention relates to a ferromagnetic metal nanowire dispersion comprising a ferromagnetic metal nanowire and a polymer compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka TAKEDA, Hayami ONISHI, Terumasa YOSHINAGA
  • Publication number: 20170037217
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semi-aromatic polyamide resin composition including 100 parts by mass of a semi-aromatic polyamide (A), 20 to 110 parts by mass of a fibrous reinforcing material (B) and 0.1 to 5 parts by mass of an azine dye (C), wherein the semi-aromatic polyamide (A) includes as the constituent components thereof an aromatic dicarboxylic acid component, an aliphatic diamine component and a monocarboxylic acid component, and has a melting point of 300° C. or higher; and the monocarboxylic acid component constituting the semi-aromatic polyamide (A) is an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having a molecular weight of 200 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Taketani, Junichi Mii, Taiyo Amari, Hiroo Kamikawa, Yohei Kabashima
  • Patent number: 9556352
    Abstract: The present invention provides a primer for footwear constituting members, wherein the primer includes an acid-modified polyolefin resin and a medium; the acid-modified polyolefin resin is a copolymer including an olefin unit and an unsaturated carboxylic acid unit; the copolymer includes as the olefin unit, a propylene unit (A) and an olefin unit (B) other than the propylene unit; the mass ratio (A/B) between the propylene unit (A) and the olefin unit (B) other than the propylene unit is 60/40 to 95/5; and the content of the unsaturated carboxylic acid unit is 0.1 to 10 parts by mass in relation to 100 parts by mass of the total amount of (A) and (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Yano, Kenjin Shiba
  • Publication number: 20170022349
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiaromatic polyamide resin composition including a semiaromatic polyamide (A) and a polyhydric alcohol (B), wherein a mass ratio (A/B) between the semiaromatic polyamide (A) and the polyhydric alcohol (B) is 99.95/0.05 to 90/10; and the semiaromatic polyamide (A) includes as constituent components thereof an aromatic dicarboxylic acid component and an aliphatic diamine component, and has a melting point of 300 to 350° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi MII, Taiyo AMARI, Hiroo KAMIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9518195
    Abstract: A biaxially stretched polyester film, being a biaxially stretched film including a modified polybutylene terephthalate (modified PBT) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET), wherein a mass ratio (modified PBT/PET) between the modified PBT and PET is 20/80 to 5/95, the modified PBT is a PBT containing 5 to 20% by mass of a polytetramethylene glycol unit having a molecular weight of 600 to 4,000, the amount of tetrahydrofuran (THF) generated by heat treating the biaxially stretched film in a helium gas atmosphere at 180° C. for 30 minutes is 50 ?g/g or less, and the biaxially stretched film has tear linearity in a lengthwise direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Okuzu, Tomoharu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160280901
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aqueous polyolefin resin dispersion including a polyolefin resin and an aqueous medium, wherein the polyolefin resin includes an olefin component and an unsaturated carboxylic acid component as copolymer components; the olefin component includes propylene (A) and an olefin(s) (B) other than propylene; the mass ratio (A/B) between the propylene (A) and the olefin(s) (B) other than propylene is 60/40 to 95/5; the content of the unsaturated carboxylic acid component as the copolymer component is 1 part by mass or more in relation to 100 parts by mass of the total mass of (A) and (B); and the content of the unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer in the dry residue of the aqueous dispersion is 10,000 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Haruki Ohfuji, Nobuyasu Okumura, Takuma Yano, Kenjin Shiba
  • Publication number: 20160214169
    Abstract: The present invention provides fibrous copper microparticles suppressed in the occurrence of irregularities on the surface thereof and the aggregates of the fibrous copper microparticles having an average crystallite diameter controlled so as to fall within a specific range. In the fibrous copper microparticles of the present invention, the number of fibrous copper microparticles each including one or more irregularities each having a dimensional difference of 0.02 ?m or more, in a range of 1 ?m in the lengthwise direction of a fibrous body, between the maximum diameter portion of the fibrous body and the minimum diameter portion of the fibrous body falling in a diameter dimension range of 0.01 to 0.5 ?m, and each having a length of 1 ?m or more is 10 or less per 100 of the fibrous copper microparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Munenori Yamada, Kou Takeuchi, Mutsumi Matsushita, Airi Horikoshi, Akira Shigeta, Masahiro Hosoda, Yoshiaki Echigo, Kenta Shibata