Patents by Inventor Eri Mukai

Eri Mukai 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).

  • Publication number: 20230202088
    Abstract: A method for producing a tube, which includes: extruding a melt-fabricable fluororesin from a mold of an extruder into a form of a tube, leading the extruded melt-fabricable fluororesin to a cooling device to cool the extruded melt-fabricable fluororesin, and winding a resulting cooled tube onto a winding reel using a winding device. A gas is fed from a head end of the tube wound onto the winding reel into a hollow of the tube, the gas in the hollow is allowed to pass through a gas-introducing entrance of the mold and then through a gas-discharging hole of the mold to discharge the gas outside, thereby allowing the gas to flow along the hollow, and an internal pressure of the hollow is kept higher than atmospheric pressure and lower than 0.5 kgf/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi IMAMURA, Hiroyuki HAMADA, Eri MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20220281144
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an injection molded article for obtaining an injection molded article by injection molding a copolymer using an injection molding machine and a mold having a hot runner, wherein the copolymer is a copolymer containing tetrafluoroethylene unit and a fluoroalkyl vinyl ether unit, and the number of functional groups of the copolymer is 100 or less per 106 main-chain carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi IMAMURA, Hiroyuki HAMADA, Eri MUKAI, Yuuki KUWAJIMA, Manabu FUJISAWA
  • Patent number: 11424402
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a bimorph-type piezoelectric film that is less susceptible to the influence of pyroelectric noise resulting from temperature changes, and that makes it possible to provide a pressure-sensitive sensor or the like. The present invention provides a bimorph-type piezoelectric film comprising a first pyroelectric film having piezoelectric anisotropy in an in-plane direction, and a second pyroelectric film having piezoelectric anisotropy in an in-plane direction, the first pyroelectric film and the second pyroelectric film being disposed in such a manner that their surfaces on which electric charges of the same polarity are generated by a temperature increase are each outward-facing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Kodani, Saori Sakami, Hiroyuki Sagami, Takaya Yamada, Shinya Bitou, Eri Mukai, Takashi Kanemura
  • Publication number: 20220213996
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a welded body having a connecting structure formed by welding a first molded body and a second molded body, wherein the first and second molded bodies contain at least one copolymer selected from the group consisting of a tetrafluoroethylene/fluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer and a tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer, and wherein the connecting structure has a liquid contact surface to be in contact with a liquid having a solubility parameter of 14 to 35 (MPa)1/2, a welded part formed in the connecting structure is not exposed to the liquid contact surface, and the number of particles of 30 nm or larger to be eluted from the liquid contact surface in the connecting structure is 1,000 particles/ml or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi IMAMURA, Eri MUKAI, Hiroyuki HAMADA, Yuuki KUWAJIMA, Manabu FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20220195089
    Abstract: A wafer cup including a copolymer containing a tetrafluoroethylene unit and a fluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) unit. A water contact angle of at least a part of an inner surface of the wafer cup is 80 degrees or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi IMAMURA, Eri MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20220170573
    Abstract: Provided is a tube comprising a tetrafluoroethylene/fluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer, wherein the tube inner surface has a surface roughness Ra of 5 nm or less measured by atomic force microscopy (AFM) with an evaluation length set to 3 ?m, and the tube has an amount of metals eluted from the tube inner surface of 0.30 ng/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi IMAMURA, Hiroyuki HAMADA, Eri MUKAI, Yuuki KUWAJIMA, Manabu FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20220088648
    Abstract: A method for producing a tube for a chemical solution pipe composed of a cleaned fluororesin molded article, the method including cleaning a tube-shaped fluororesin molded article with a chemical solution; and cleaning the tube-shaped fluororesin molded article with water. The cleaning with water is performed after the cleaning with a chemical solution, and the chemical solution is an alcohol or an aqueous alcohol solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi IMAMURA, Eri MUKAI, Masahiro KONDO
  • Publication number: 20210269568
    Abstract: A molded article containing a copolymer including a tetrafluoroethylene unit and a perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) unit, wherein a surface roughness Ra of the molded article is 0.20 ?m or less, and a water contact angle of the molded article is 80 degrees or less. Also disclosed is a method for producing the molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi IMAMURA, Eri MUKAI, Yuuki KUWAJIMA, Masahiro KONDO
  • Publication number: 20210008775
    Abstract: A molding material including a melt-fabricable fluororesin and having a metal content of 100 ng/1 g or less as measured by an ashing method. Also disclosed is a tube made of the molding material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi IMAMURA, Hiroyuki HAMADA, Eri MUKAI, Masahiro KONDO
  • Publication number: 20200303619
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a bimorph-type piezoelectric film that is less susceptible to the influence of pyroelectric noise resulting from temperature changes, and that makes it possible to provide a pressure-sensitive sensor or the like. The present invention provides a bimorph-type piezoelectric film comprising a first pyroelectric film having piezoelectric anisotropy in an in-plane direction, and a second pyroelectric film having piezoelectric anisotropy in an in-plane direction, the first pyroelectric film and the second pyroelectric film being disposed in such a manner that their surfaces on which electric charges of the same polarity are generated by a temperature increase are each outward-facing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro KODANI, Saori SAKAMI, Hiroyuki SAGAMI, Takaya YAMADA, Shinya BITOU, Eri MUKAI, Takashi KANEMURA
  • Patent number: 10745531
    Abstract: The present invention provides a film having excellent heat resistance and a small difference between the permittivity at low temperatures and the permittivity at high temperatures. The present invention provides a film having a relative permittivity of 8 or more at a frequency of 1 kHz at 30° C., wherein the rate of change is ?8 to +8% as calculated from a relative permittivity A at a frequency of 1 kHz at 30° C. and a relative permittivity B at a frequency of 1 kHz at 150° C. according to the following formula: Rate of change(%)=(B?A)/A×100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kanemura, Eri Mukai, Takeshi Hazama, Tetsuhiro Kodani, Nobuyuki Komatsu, Hisako Nakamura, Kouji Yokotani, Mayuko Tatemichi, Akio Higaki
  • Patent number: 10108287
    Abstract: A touch panel hardly affected by pyroelectric noise due to temperature includes a first pyroelectric material and a second pyroelectric material, and is capable of detecting press pressure applied to the first pyroelectric material and/or the second pyroelectric material. The upper surface of the first pyroelectric material and the lower surface of the second pyroelectric material are surfaces on which a positive charge is generated when the temperature increases, and a negative charge is generated when the temperature decreases. The lower surface of the first pyroelectric material and the upper surface of the second pyroelectric material are surfaces on which a negative charge is generated when the temperature increases, and a positive charge is generated when the temperature decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Kodani, Eri Mukai, Takashi Kanemura, Meiten Kou
  • Patent number: 10084292
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polarized vinylidene fluoride/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer resin film that can significantly reduce, when used as an optical film, the deterioration of the quality of video or still images formed by display elements. The present invention provides a polarized vinylidene fluoride/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer resin film having 2,000 or fewer spot defects per m2, the number of spot defects being measured by a defect measurement method; the method using an surface inspection system in which a CCD camera is placed so as to detect defects at an angle of 45 degrees relative to an LED source, defects of the film are read within a rectangular range of 300 mm in a width direction (the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction), and 150 mm in a machine direction (the scanning direction), while the film is scanned under the camera at a rate of 20 m/min; wherein first, defects having a bright area of 1.5 mm2 or less and a dark area of 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignees: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOHO KASEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Kodani, Eri Mukai, Takashi Kanemura, Meiten Kou, Susumu Kawato, Satoshi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20180223059
    Abstract: The present invention provides a film having excellent heat resistance and a small difference between the permittivity at low temperatures and the permittivity at high temperatures. The present invention provides a film having a relative permittivity of 8 or more at a frequency of 1 kHz at 30° C., wherein the rate of change is ?8 to +8% as calculated from a relative permittivity A at a frequency of 1 kHz at 30° C. and a relative permittivity B at a frequency of 1 kHz at 150° C. according to the following formula: Rate of change (%)=(B?A)/A×100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi KANEMURA, Eri MUKAI, Takeshi HAZAMA, Tetsuhiro KODANI, Nobuyuki KOMATSU, Hisako NAKAMURA, Kouji YOKOTANI, Mayuko TATEMICHI, Akio HIGAKI
  • Publication number: 20180097338
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polarized vinylidene fluoride/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer resin film that can significantly reduce, when used as an optical film, the deterioration of the quality of video or still images formed by display elements. The present invention provides a polarized vinylidene fluoride/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer resin film having 2,000 or fewer spot defects per m2, the number of spot defects being measured by a defect measurement method; the method using an surface inspection system in which a CCD camera is placed so as to detect defects at an angle of 45 degrees relative to an LED source, defects of the film are read within a rectangular range of 300 mm in a width direction (the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction), and 150 mm in a machine direction (the scanning direction), while the film is scanned under the camera at a rate of 20 m/min; wherein first, defects having a bright area of 1.5 mm2 or less and a dark area of 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicants: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOHO KASEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro KODANI, Eri MUKAI, Takashi KANEMURA, Meiten KOU, Susumu KAWATO, Satoshi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9865996
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polarized vinylidene fluoride/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer resin film that can significantly reduce, when used as an optical film, the deterioration of the quality of video or still images formed by display elements. The present invention provides a polarized vinylidene fluoride/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer resin film having 2,000 or fewer spot defects per m2, the number of spot defects being measured by a defect measurement method; the method using an surface inspection system in which a CCD camera is placed so as to detect defects at an angle of 45 degrees relative to an LED source, defects of the film are read within a rectangular range of 300 mm in a width direction (the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction), and 150 mm in a machine direction (the scanning direction), while the film is scanned under the camera at a rate of 20 m/min; wherein first, defects having a bright area of 1.5 mm2 or less and a dark area of 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOHO KASEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Kodani, Eri Mukai, Takashi Kanemura, Meiten Kou, Susumu Kawato, Satoshi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20160264742
    Abstract: A primary object of the present invention is to provide a film exhibiting high electrical insulation properties and excellent withstand voltage properties and a method for producing the film. As a means for achieving the object, the present invention provides a vinylidene fluoride-based polymer film in which the 99% voltage failure resistance value in a Weibull plot is 300 V/?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Meiten KOU, Takashi KANEMURA, Eri MUKAI, Tetsuhiro KODANI
  • Publication number: 20160202823
    Abstract: A touch panel hardly affected by pyroelectric noise due to temperature includes a first pyroelectric material and a second pyroelectric material, and is capable of detecting press pressure applied to the first pyroelectric material and/or the second pyroelectric material. The upper surface of the first pyroelectric material and the lower surface of the second pyroelectric material are surfaces on which a positive charge is generated when the temperature increases, and a negative charge is generated when the temperature decreases. The lower surface of the first pyroelectric material and the upper surface of the second pyroelectric material are surfaces on which a negative charge is generated when the temperature increases, and a positive charge is generated when the temperature decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro KODANI, Eri MUKAI, Takashi KANEMURA, Meiten KOU
  • Publication number: 20150349500
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polarized vinylidene fluoride/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer resin film that can significantly reduce, when used as an optical film, the deterioration of the quality of video or still images formed by display elements. The present invention provides a polarized vinylidene fluoride/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer resin film having 2,000 or fewer spot defects per m2, the number of spot defects being measured by a defect measurement method; the method using an surface inspection system in which a CCD camera is placed so as to detect defects at an angle of 45 degrees relative to an LED source, defects of the film are read within a rectangular range of 300 mm in a width direction (the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction), and 150 mm in a machine direction (the scanning direction), while the film is scanned under the camera at a rate of 20 m/min; wherein first, defects having a bright area of 1.5 mm2 or less and a dark area of 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro KODANI, Eri MUKAI, Takashi KANEMURA, Meiten KOU, Susumu KAWATO, Satoshi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9200970
    Abstract: A transparent piezoelectric sheet-with-a-frame includes a transparent piezoelectric sheet and a frame covering a peripheral edge portion of the transparent piezoelectric sheet. The transparent piezoelectric sheet includes one transparent piezoelectric film including an organic polymer, one first transparent plate electrode placed on a first main surface of the transparent piezoelectric film and having a first transparent plate electrode portion, and one second transparent plate electrode placed on a second main surface of the transparent piezoelectric film and having a second transparent plate electrode portion. An outline of the second transparent plate electrode portion is positioned inside an outline of the first transparent plate electrode portion as seen in a plan view. The outline of the first transparent plate electrode portion completely coincides with the frame, and the outline of the second transparent plate electrode portion does not at all coincide with the frame as seen in the plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignees: Daikin Industries, Ltd., IDEAL STAR INC.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Kodani, Yuuki Kuwajima, Eri Mukai, Meiten Koh, Takashi Kanemura, Kenji Omote, Hiroji Ohigashi