Patents by Inventor Ikuo Yamamoto

Ikuo Yamamoto 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: 20120295503
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fluorine-containing polymer prepared by polymerizing (I) a polyfluoroalkyl group-containing (meth)acrylate which is substituted at alpha-position, in the presence of (II) a blocked isocyanate compound. A water- and oil-repellent composition containing the fluorine-containing polymer can impart the excellent water- and oil-repellency, and excellent durability thereof to substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Norimasa Uesugi, Kouji Kubota, Ikuo Yamamoto, Peter Cheshire Hupfield
  • Publication number: 20120180969
    Abstract: Disclosed is a treatment agent for paper comprising a fluorine-containing copolymer having a repeat unit (a) derived from a fluorine-containing monomer represented by general formula (I): CH2?C(—X)—C(?O)—Y—[—CH2)m—Z—]p—(CH2)n-Rf; a repeat unit (b) derived from at least one amino monomer represented by general formula (II-1): or a derivative thereof; and a repeat unit (c) derived from a pyrrolidone monomer represented by general formula (III): The treatment agent for paper provides paper having high oil resistance and high water resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Michio Matsuda, Tetsuya Uehara, Norimasa Uesugi, Ikuo Yamamoto, Kayo Kusumi
  • Patent number: 8197590
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition containing a fluorine-containing urethane compound (A) and a fluorine-containing polymer (B) having a repeating unit derived from a fluorine-containing monomer represented by the following formula (I): CH2?C(—X)—C(?O)-A-Rf??(I) (wherein X represents a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, an iodine atom, a CFX1X2 group (wherein X1 and X2 respectively represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom or a chlorine atom), a cyano group, a straight or branched chain fluoroalkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted benzyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; A represents a divalent group; and Rf represents a straight or branched chain perfluoroalkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Shinichi Minami
  • Patent number: 8153756
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fluorine-containing polymer having: (A) a repeating unit derived from a fluorine-containing monomer which is represented by the following formula: CH2?C(—X)—C(?O)—Y—[—(CH2)m—Z—]p—(CH2)n—Rf??(I) (B) a repeating unit derived from a monomer containing no fluorine atom, and if necessary (C) a repeating unit derived from a crosslinkable monomer. This fluorine containing polymer has excellent water repellency, oil repellency and antifouling property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Yutaka Ohira, Yoshio Funakoshi, Shinichi Minami, Ginjiro Tomizawa
  • Publication number: 20110287678
    Abstract: A surface treatment agent, which can impart the excellent water- and oil-repellency, soil resistance and feeling to the substrate, is obtained from a fluorine-containing polymer which contains: (A) a monomer which comprises; (A1) a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula: CH2?C(—X)—C(?O)—Y—Z—Rf wherein X is a hydrogen atom, a monovalent organic group, or a halogen atom, Y is —O— or —NH—, Z is a direct bond or a divalent organic group, and Rf is a fluoroalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and (A2) a (meth)acrylate monomer having a cyclic hydrocarbon group, and (B) at least one functional organopolysiloxane selected from the group consisting of a mercapto-functional organopolysiloxane, a vinyl-functional organopolysiloxane, a (meth)acrylamide-functional organopolysiloxane and a (meth)acrylate-functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicants: DOW CORNING CORPORATION, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Minami, Takashi Enomoto, Tetsuya Masutani, Masahiro Miyahara, Mitsuhiro Usugaya, Rumi Takeuchi, Ikuo Yamamoto, Peter Cheshire Hupfield
  • Patent number: 8038417
    Abstract: In an electric pump unit, communication between arcuate ports provided in correspondence with a discharge side and a suction side of an internal gear pump is selectively permitted and prohibited in correspondence with movement of a spool of a relief valve. If fluid pressure at the discharge side of the internal gear pump becomes greater than or equal to a predetermined value, the spool moves across an inner arc of one of the arcuate ports corresponding to the suction side of the internal gear pump and from a position at which the spool prohibits the communication between the arcuate ports to a position at which the spool permits the communication. As the spool moves away from the position at which the spool blocks the communication between the arcuate ports, the opening degree of the relief valve changes in accordance with a downward convex curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Takatoshi Sakata
  • Patent number: 8022156
    Abstract: A greaseproof paper is provided for use in food processing and/or packaging of foods in which paper has been rendered oleophobic by treatment with a fluorine-containing polymer. The fluorine-containing polymer may be prepared by polymerizing a fluorine-containing monomer in the presence of a mercapto group-containing organopolysiloxane. The fluorine-containing polymer may be applied to paper by coating onto pre-formed paper, or by applying the polymer as a size during a papermaking process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignees: Dow Corning Corporation, Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Cheshire Hupfield, Tetsuya Masutani, Shinichi Minami, Ikuo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20110220833
    Abstract: A fluorosilicone reaction product of a mercapto functional organopolysiloxane and a fluorine-containing monomer, and methods of preparing the fluorosilicone are disclosed. The fluorosilicone products are suitable for application to substrates such as textiles, particularly fabrics, to impart oil repellent properties to the textile. The fluorosilicone reaction product is prepared from (A) a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula CH2?C(X)COOYRf, and (B) a mercapto functional organopolysiloxane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicants: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., DOW CORNING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Shinichi Minami, Tetsuya Masutani, Peter C. Hupfield, Avril E. Surgenor
  • Patent number: 7973107
    Abstract: A fluorosilicone reaction product of a mercapto functional organopolysiloxane and a fluorine-containing monomer, and methods of preparing the fluorosilicone are disclosed. The fluorosilicone products are suitable for application to substrates such as textiles, particularly fabrics, to impart oil repellent properties to the textile. The fluorosilicone reaction product is prepared from (A) a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula CH2?C(X)COOYRf, and (B) a mercapto functional organopolysiloxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignees: Daikin Industries, Ltd., Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Shinichi Minami, Tetsuya Masutani, Peter C. Hupfield, Avril E. Surgenor
  • Publication number: 20110135871
    Abstract: A surface-treating agent comprises a fluoropolymer comprising (A) repeating units derived from a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula: (B) repeating units derived from a monomer free from a fluorine atom. The surface treating agent is excellent in water repellency, oil repellency and unsusceptibility to fouling even when the side chains are C4 or lower fluoroalkyl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuo YAMAMOTO, Tetsuya Masutani
  • Publication number: 20110124803
    Abstract: A fluorosilicone reaction product of a mercapto or vinyl functional organopolysiloxane and a fluorine-containing monomer, and methods of preparing the fluorosilicone are disclosed. The fluorosilicone products are suitable for application to substrates such as textiles, particularly fabrics, to impart oil repellent properties to the textile. The fluorosilicone reaction product is prepared from (A) a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula CH2?C(X)COOYRf, and (B) a mercapto or vinyl functional organopolysiloxane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicants: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., DOW CORNING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Tetsuya Masutani, Masahiro Miyahara, Takashi Enomoto, Shinichi Minami, Peter Cheshire Hupfield, Samantha Reed, Avril E. Surgenor
  • Publication number: 20110094433
    Abstract: Provided is an underwater posture stabilization system which, by being attached to various underwater equipment such as undersea equipment and underwater vehicles having different shapes and positions of the center of gravity according to their purpose and the like, allows simply and reliably setting their posture in water (basic posture), is excellent in versatility, is not only excellent in posture stability since, when the posture inclines under the effect and the like of tidal currents and pulsating currents, a moment to restore the posture to its original posture naturally acts, but is also capable of easily changing the posture as needed, and also is capable of stably controlling the posture even in the presence of complicated tidal currents and pulsating currents, and is excellent in reliability, stability, and certainty of posture control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Kitakyushu Found for the Adv of Ind, Sci & Tech
    Inventors: Akihito Shoda, Tohru Harada, Ikuo Yamamoto, Kazuo Ishii, Amir Ali Forough Nassiraei
  • Patent number: 7915337
    Abstract: A surface-treating agent comprises a fluoropolymer comprising (A) repeating units derived from a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula: (B) repeating units derived from a monomer free from a fluorine atom, and (C) optionally, repeating units derived from a crosslinkable monomer. The surface treating agent is excellent in water repellency, oil repellency and unsusceptibility to fouling even when the side chains are C4 or lower fluoroalkyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Tetsuya Masutani
  • Patent number: 7914589
    Abstract: Fluorine-containing urethanes represented by the general formula: [Rf-A1-Z—X1—OC(?O)NH—]mI[—NHC(?O)O—Y1]n[—NHC(?O)O—(ClCH2—)X2O)a—R1]k ??(1) wherein I is a group derived from a polyisocyanate by removal of the isocyanato groups; Rf is perfluoroalkyl of 1 to 21 carbon atoms; A1 is a direct bond or an organic group of 1 to 21 carbon atoms; Z —SO2—; X1 is a divalent, straight-chain or branched, C1-5 aliphatic group which may have at least one hydroxyl group; X2 is a trivalent, straight-chain or branched, C2-5 aliphatic group; Y1 is a monovalent organic group which is optionally hydroxylated; and R1 is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Yutaka Ohira, Shinichi Minami
  • Publication number: 20110057142
    Abstract: A fluorosilicone reaction product of a vinyl functional organopolysiloxane and a fluorine-containing monomer, and methods of preparing the fluorosilicone are disclosed. The fluorosilicone products are suitable for application to substrates such as textiles, particularly fabrics, to impart oil repellent properties to the textile. The fluorosilicone reaction product is prepared from (A) a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula CH2?C(X)COOYRf, and (B) a vinyl functional organopolysiloxane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicants: DOW CORNING CORPORATION, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Tetsuya Masutani, Shinichi Minami, Peter Cheshire Hupfield, Avril E. Surgenor, Samantha Reed
  • Publication number: 20110027593
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fluorine-containing copolymer having sufficient stability in water, which is capable of providing paper with sufficient oil resistance. The fluorine-containing polymer contains, as essential components, (a) a fluorine-containing monomer represented by general formula (I) CH2?C(—X)—C(?O)—Y—[—(CH2)m—Z—]p—(CH2)n—Rf (wherein X represents a hydrogen atom; Y represents —O— or —NH—; Z represents a direct bond, —S— or —SO2—; Rf represents a fluoroalkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms; m is a number of 1-10; n is a number of 0-10; and p is 0 or 1) and (b) an alkoxy group-containing monomer represented by general formula (II) CH2?C(X?)—C(?O)—O—(RO)q—H (wherein X? represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R represents an alkylene group having 2-4 carbon atoms wherein a part or all of hydrogen atoms may be substituted by a hydroxyl group; and q represent an integer of 1-50). The fluorine-containing polymer does not contain a monomer having an amino group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Michio Matsuda, Tetsuya Uehara, Mitsuhiro Usugaya, Ikuo Yamamoto, Takashi Enomoto, Kayo Kusumi
  • Patent number: 7776982
    Abstract: There is provided a surface treatment agent which comprises a fluoropolymer having repeating units derived from a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula: wherein (a) the fluoropolymer contains a silicon atom, and/or (b) the surface treatment agent contains a fluorine-free polymer which is different from the fluoropolymer and which is a silicon-containing polymer. The surface treatment agent imparts excellent water- and oil-repellency and soil resistance to textiles while retaining the feeling of the textiles, even if the surface treatment agent contains a fluorine-containing acrylate polymer substituted at its ?-position by a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Tetsuya Masutani
  • Patent number: 7758656
    Abstract: A textile having excellent water- and oil-repellency can be obtained by a method of preparing a treated textile, having steps of: (1) preparing a treatment liquid comprising a water- and oil-repellent agent, (2) adjusting pH of the treatment liquid to at most 7, preferably at most 3, (3) applying the treatment liquid to a textile, (4) treating the textile with steam, and (5) washing the textile with water and dehydrating the textile, wherein the water- and oil-repellent agent is at least one fluorine-containing compound selected from the group consisting of a fluorine-containing polymer and a fluorine-containing low molecular weight compound, and the water- and oil-repellent agent or the treatment liquid contains an organic salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Enomoto, Ikuo Yamamoto, Norihito Otsuki, Teruyuki Fukuda, Kayo Kusumi
  • Publication number: 20100143641
    Abstract: Excellent water- and oil-repellency and soil releasability can be obtained by a method of preparing a treated textile, having steps of: (1) preparing a treatment liquid containing a water- and oil-repellent agent and a stain blocking agent, (2) adjusting pH of the treatment liquid to at most 7, (3) applying the treatment liquid to a textile, (4) treating the textile with steam, and (5) washing the textile with water and dehydrating the textile, wherein the water- and oil-repellent agent contains at least one fluorine-containing compound selected from the group consisting of a fluorine-containing polymer and a fluorine-containing low molecular weight compound, and the water- and oil-repellent agent or the treatment liquid contains a cationic emulsifying agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Kayo Kusumi, Mitsuhiro Usugaya, Ryosuke Hara, Takahito Kanbara
  • Publication number: 20100129594
    Abstract: Excellent water repellency and Oil repellency are imparted to a textile by a method including (1) preparing a treatment liquid comprising a water- and oil-repellent agent, (2) adjusting pH of the treatment liquid to at most 7, (3) applying the treatment liquid to a textile, (4) treating the textile with steam, and (5) washing the textile with water and dehydrating the textile, wherein the water- and oil-repellent agent comprises at least one fluorine-containing compound selected from the group consisting of a fluorine-containing polymer and a fluorine-containing low molecular weight compound, and the water- and oil-repellent agent or the treatment liquid contains a cationic emulsifier and/or a salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko YAMAGUCHI, Ikuo YAMAMOTO, Kayo KUSUMI