Patents by Inventor Hideyuki Umetsu

Hideyuki Umetsu 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).

  • Patent number: 11802178
    Abstract: A liquid crystal polyester resin for laminate, wherein, in a molecular weight distribution of an absolute molecular weight measured by a gel permeation chromatograph/light scattering method, an area fraction of a portion having an absolute molecular weight of 10,000 or less is 10 to 40%, and an area fraction of a portion having an absolute molecular weight of 50,000 or more is 3 to 20%, relative to 100% of the total peak area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Akito Konishi, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Publication number: 20230144143
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polyester resin composition is obtained by blending, with respect to (A) 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polyester resin, (B) 0.1-50 parts by weight of at least one phosphinate selected from phosphinates and diphosphinates, (C) 0.1-10 parts by weight of a phosphazene compound, (D) 0.1-50 parts by weight of a nitrogen-based flame retardant, (E) 0.1-10 parts by weight of a polyfunctional epoxy compound, and (F) 0.1-20 parts by weight of an olefin resin. The ratio of the parts by weight of component (B) and the parts by weight of component (C) is 2.0-8.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Kohei Miyamoto, Junki Tanabe, Yusuke Tojo, Makito Yokoe, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Patent number: 11629243
    Abstract: A polyamide resin composition makes it possible to obtain a molded article having excellent fluidity, excellent prying strength, and excellent adhesivity with metal. The polyamide resin composition includes 100 parts by mass of a polyamide resin (A) and 0.1 part by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less of an ammonium salt (B) composed of a C6-12 aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and ammonia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Morioka, Akiyoshi Tamai, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Publication number: 20230065239
    Abstract: A liquid crystal polyester resin comprising 42 to 80 mol % of structural unit (I) relative to 100 mol % of the total structural unit of the liquid crystal polyester resin, and ?S (entropy of melting) defined by equation [1] is 0.01×10?3 to 2.7×10?3 J/g·K: ?S(J/g·K)=?Hm(J/g)/Tm(K)??[1] wherein Tm is an endothermic peak temperature determined by: after observation of an endothermic peak temperature (Tm1) observed when heating a liquid crystal polyester under temperature rising conditions of 20° C./minute from room temperature in differential scanning calorimetry, the liquid crystal polyester was maintained at a temperature of Tm1+20° C. for 5 minutes, followed by observation of the endothermic peak temperature observed when the temperature has fallen to room temperature under temperature falling conditions of 20° C./minute and then raised under temperature rising conditions of 20° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Akito Konishi, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Junki Tanabe, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Publication number: 20220315751
    Abstract: A liquid crystal polyester resin composition includes a liquid crystal polyester resin (A); a solvent (B) in which the liquid crystal polyester resin (A) is dissolved; a fluorine resin (C); and an inorganic filler (D), wherein 100 to 5,000 parts by weight of the solvent (B), 5 to 300 parts by weight of the fluorine resin (C) and 1 to 300 parts by weight of the inorganic filler (D) are included relative to 100 parts by weight of the liquid crystal polyester resin (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Akito Konishi, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Publication number: 20220204729
    Abstract: A polyamide resin composition makes it possible to obtain a molded article having excellent fluidity, excellent prying strength, and excellent adhesivity with metal. The polyamide resin composition includes 100 parts by mass of a polyamide resin (A) and 0.1 part by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less of an ammonium salt (B) composed of a C6-12 aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and ammonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Morioka, Akiyoshi Tamai, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Patent number: 11345780
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polyester resin composition includes a thermoplastic polyester resin (A), an epoxy compound (B) having an epoxy equivalent of from 200 to 3,000 g/eq, and a hydroxy group-containing resin (C) having a number average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 500,000 and a halogen element content of 1,000 ppm or less, wherein the epoxy compound (B) is blended in an amount of from 0.05 to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight in total of 70 to 99.9 parts by weight of the thermoplastic polyester resin (A) and 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of the hydroxy group-containing resin (C). The thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article achieve both long-term hydrolysis resistance and heat aging resistance at a high level, and can further suppress bleed-out to the surface of the molded article during heat-dry and heat-moisture treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi Okunaga, Yusuke Tojo, Makito Yokoe, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Patent number: 11319437
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polyester resin composition includes 0.05 to 10 parts by weight of an epoxy compound (B) and 0.001 to 1 part by weight of a hindered amine compound (C) with respect to 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polyester resin (A) having an amount of carboxyl groups of 50 eq/t or less. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition is capable of producing a molded article which is excellent in mechanical properties and heat resistance, as well as in long-term hydrolysis resistance, and has a small decrease in mechanical properties and hydrolysis resistance even when melt-processed at a high temperature of 270° C. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Tojo, Makito Yokoe, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Patent number: 11136447
    Abstract: A polyamide resin composition includes 100 parts by weight of a polyamide resin (A), 0.1 to 50 parts by weight of a fire retardant (B), 0.001 to 1 part by weight of a metal and/or salt thereof (C), and 0.001 to 1 part by weight of a compound (D) as represented by formula [I]: QX [I] wherein in formula [I], Q represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group or an alicyclic hydrocarbon group and X represents a 5-membered heterocyclic ring group, Q and X forming a covalent bond or a fused ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Tamai, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Masaru Akita, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Publication number: 20210292475
    Abstract: A liquid crystal polyester resin for laminate, wherein, in a molecular weight distribution of an absolute molecular weight measured by a gel permeation chromatograph/light scattering method, an area fraction of a portion having an absolute molecular weight of 10,000 or less is 10 to 40%, and an area fraction of a portion having an absolute molecular weight of 50,000 or more is 3 to 20%, relative to 100% of the total peak area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Akito Konishi, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Publication number: 20210032402
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polyester resin composition includes a thermoplastic polyester resin (A), an epoxy compound (B) having an epoxy equivalent of from 200 to 3,000 g/eq, and a hydroxy group-containing resin (C) having a number average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 500,000 and a halogen element content of 1,000 ppm or less, wherein the epoxy compound (B) is blended in an amount of from 0.05 to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight in total of 70 to 99.9 parts by weight of the thermoplastic polyester resin (A) and 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of the hydroxy group-containing resin (C). The thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article achieve both long-term hydrolysis resistance and heat aging resistance at a high level, and can further suppress bleed-out to the surface of the molded article during heat-dry and heat-moisture treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kenichi Okunaga, Yusuke Tojo, Makito Yokoe, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Patent number: 10781309
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polyester resin composition is obtained by blending, per 100 parts by weight of (A) a thermoplastic polyester resin, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of (B) a novolac type epoxy resin having a specific structure, and 0.05 to 10 parts by weight of (C) an epoxy compound having two epoxy functional groups per molecule. Thus, a molded article that exhibits superior melt stability with respect to a wide range of processing temperatures, has excellent mechanical properties and heat resistance, and exhibits superior long-term hydrolysis resistance, chemical resistance, and oxidative deterioration resistance can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Tojo, Makito Yokoe, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Publication number: 20200071516
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polyester resin composition includes 0.05 to 10 parts by weight of an epoxy compound (B) and 0.001 to 1 part by weight of a hindered amine compound (C) with respect to 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polyester resin (A) having an amount of carboxyl groups of 50 eq/t or less. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition is capable of producing a molded article which is excellent in mechanical properties and heat resistance, as well as in long-term hydrolysis resistance, and has a small decrease in mechanical properties and hydrolysis resistance even when melt-processed at a high temperature of 270° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Yusuke Tojo, Makito Yokoe, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Patent number: 10577457
    Abstract: A terminal modified polybutylene terephthalate resin has a weight average molecular weight Mw of 10,000 to 100,000, a melting point of 210° C. to 235° C., and a melt viscosity ? at 250° C. of not more than 10 Pa·s, and includes 90 to 300 mol/ton of a compound having a (poly)oxyalkylene structure, the compound being terminally bound in the resin, wherein the weight average molecular weight Mw represents a relative weight average molecular weight with respect to the molecular weight of a standard poly(methyl methacrylate) as determined by gel permeation chromatography using hexafluoroisopropanol (supplemented with 0.005 N sodium trifluoroacetate) as a mobile phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Yusuke Tojo, Makito Yokoe, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Publication number: 20200062925
    Abstract: A polyamide resin composition includes 100 parts by weight of a polyamide resin (A), 0.1 to 50 parts by weight of a fire retardant (B), 0.001 to 1 part by weight of a metal and/or salt thereof (C), and 0.001 to 1 part by weight of a compound (D) as represented by formula [I]: QX [I] wherein in formula [I], Q represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group or an alicyclic hydrocarbon group and X represents a 5-membered heterocyclic ring group, Q and X forming a covalent bond or a fused ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Tamai, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Masaru Akita, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Patent number: 10392505
    Abstract: There is provided a thermoplastic polyester resin composition, comprising a specified amount of a multivalent hydroxyl compound (B) having five or more hydroxyl groups and a specified amount of an epoxy compound (C) that are to be blended with a thermoplastic polyester resin (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke Tojo, Makito Yokoe, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Publication number: 20190062547
    Abstract: There is provided a thermoplastic polyester resin composition, comprising a specified amount of a multivalent hydroxyl compound (B) having five or more hydroxyl groups and a specified amount of an epoxy compound (C) that are to be blended with a thermoplastic polyester resin (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke TOJO, Makito YOKOE, Hideyuki UMETSU
  • Publication number: 20190055398
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polyester resin composition is obtained by blending, per 100 parts by weight of (A) a thermoplastic polyester resin, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of (B) a novolac type epoxy resin having a specific structure, and 0.05 to 10 parts by weight of (C) an epoxy compound having two epoxy functional groups per molecule. Thus, a molded article that exhibits superior melt stability with respect to a wide range of processing temperatures, has excellent mechanical properties and heat resistance, and exhibits superior long-term hydrolysis resistance, chemical resistance, and oxidative deterioration resistance can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yusuke Tojo, Makito Yokoe, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Publication number: 20180312692
    Abstract: A molded product made from a resin composition includes a polyamide resin and has a thickness of not less than 0.56 mm. A difference (Q?P) between Q and P is less than 0.06, where P (A1680/A1632) denotes an intensity ratio of a maximum value of absorbance A1680 at 1680 cm?1±8 cm?1 to a maximum value of absorbance A1632 at 1632 cm?1±8 cm?1 with an absorbance at 1800 cm?1 being set to 0 with regard to an infrared absorption spectrum of a cutting surface at a depth of 0.28 mm from a surface of the molded product, and Q (A?1680/A?1632) denotes an intensity ratio of a maximum value of absorbance A?1680 at 1680 cm?1±8 cm?1 to a maximum value of absorbance A?1632 at 1632 cm?1±8 cm?1 with an absorbance at 1800 cm?1 being set to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi Okunaga, Atsushi Masunaga, Shingo Nishida, Masaru Akita, Hideyuki Umetsu
  • Publication number: 20180223040
    Abstract: A terminal modified polybutylene terephthalate resin has a weight average molecular weight Mw of 10,000 to 100,000, a melting point of 210° C. to 235° C., and a melt viscosity ? at 250° C. of not more than 10 Pa·s, and includes 90 to 300 mol/ton of a compound having a (poly)oxyalkylene structure, the compound being terminally bound in the resin, wherein the weight average molecular weight Mw represents a relative weight average molecular weight with respect to the molecular weight of a standard poly(methyl methacrylate) as determined by gel permeation chromatography using hexafluoroisopropanol (supplemented with 0.005 N sodium trifluoroacetate) as a mobile phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Yusuke Tojo, Makito Yokoe, Hideyuki Umetsu