Patents by Inventor Jun Inagaki

Jun Inagaki 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: 10941244
    Abstract: It is provided that a polyester film excellent in heat resistant dimension stability, impact-resistant strength properties, easy-slipping properties, mechanical properties, transparency, and gas barrier performance, and a film roll obtained by winding up this polyester film. A polyester film includes at least one layer mainly including a polyester resin containing a dicarboxylic acid component including furandicarboxylic acid as a main component and a glycol component including ethylene glycol as a main component; and the polyester film has a plane orientation coefficient ?P of not less than 0.005 and not more than 0.200, a thickness of not less than 1 ?m and not more than 300 ?m, a heat shrinkage rate of 3.2% or less in each of the MD direction and the TD direction at 150° C. for 30 minutes, and a layer containing at least one additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOBO CO., LTD., Furanix Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Jun Inagaki, Katsuya Ito, Yukihiro Numata, Shota Hayakawa, Jesper Gabriel Van Berkel
  • Publication number: 20210016484
    Abstract: It is provided that a method for producing a biaxially oriented polyester film that can be used for industrial and packaging applications. A method for producing a biaxially oriented polyester film, comprising: a step of feeding a polyester resin into an extruder, a step of extruding the molten polyester resin from an extruder to obtain a molten resin sheet at 250 to 310° C., a step of attaching the molten resin sheet closely to a cooling roll by an electrostatic application method to obtain an unstretched sheet, and a step of biaxially stretching the unstretched sheet, wherein the polyester resin fulfills the following (A) to (C): (A) the polyester resin comprises a polyethylene furandicarboxylate resin composed of a furandicarboxylic acid and ethylene glycol; (B) an intrinsic viscosity of the polyester resin is 0.50 dL/g or more; (C) a melt specific resistance value at 250° C. of the polyester resin is 3.0×107 ?·cm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., FURANIX TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Shota HAYAKAWA, Yukihiro NUMATA, Katsuya ITO, Jun INAGAKI, Toshiyuki SHIMIZU, Shoichi GYOBU, Chikao MORISHIGE, Jesper Gabriel VAN BERKEL
  • Patent number: 10896987
    Abstract: The present invention is a sealing sheet for a back surface of a solar cell comprising only one polyester film, wherein the polyester film is composed of at least the layer A and the layer B, or the layer A, the layer B and the layer C described below, wherein the polyester film has a given whiteness and a given average reflectance of the polyester film, a given acid value of the polyester, a given thickness of the whole polyester film, a given thickness of the A layer and the B layer, and a given content of the inorganic fine particles in the whole polyester film. Layer A: a polyester resin layer in which the content of the inorganic fine particles is 10 to 35% by mass Layer B: a polyester resin layer in which the content of the inorganic fine particles is 0 to 8% by mass, which is the smallest among the contents of the inorganic fine particles in the layer A, the layer B and the layer C Layer C: a polyester resin layer in which the content of the inorganic fine particles is 0.4 to 10% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Ikehata, Akira Shimizu, Jun Inagaki, Shinji Sawasaki, Ken Jibiki
  • Publication number: 20200269559
    Abstract: To provide a layered polyester film having excellent mechanical properties, transparency, heat resistance, and in particular excellent gas barrier property. A layered polyester film containing a polyester film and a thin film layer including mainly an inorganic compound, wherein the polyester film is a biaxially oriented polyester film including a dicarboxylic acid component containing mainly a furandicarboxylic acid and a glycol component containing mainly ethylene glycol, the thin film layer is formed on at least one surface of the polyester film, the inorganic compound is at least one of aluminum oxide and silicon oxide, and the layered polyester film has a plane orientation coefficient ?P of not less than 0.005 and not more than 0.200, a film thickness of not thinner than 1 ?m and not thicker than 300 ?m, and an oxygen permeability of not less than 0.1 mL/m2/day/MPa and not more than 80 mL/m2/day/MPa under a temperature of 23° C. and a humidity of 65%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., SYNVINA C.V.
    Inventors: Jun INAGAKI, Yukihiro NUMATA, Jesper Gabriel VAN BERKEL
  • Publication number: 20200269560
    Abstract: To provide a layered polyester film having excellent mechanical properties, transparency, heat resistance, and gas barrier property. A layered polyester film including a polyester film and a thin film layer, wherein the polyester film is a biaxially oriented polyester film including a dicarboxylic acid component containing mainly a furandicarboxylic acid and a glycol component containing mainly ethylene glycol, the covering layer is formed on at least one surface of the polyester film, and the layered polyester film has a plane orientation coefficient ?P of not less than 0.005 and not more than 0.200, and a thickness of the layered polyester film is not thinner than 1 ?m and not thicker than 300 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., SYNVINA C.V.
    Inventors: Jun INAGAKI, Kaoru SAWADA, Yukihiro NUMATA, Jesper Gabriel VAN BERKEL
  • Publication number: 20200103425
    Abstract: Disclosed is a specimen measurement apparatus that includes a measurement unit configured to measure a specimen; a detector configured to detect at least one of a container that can store the specimen or a cap of the container; and a movement mechanism configured to move at least one of the container or the detector. In the specimen measurement apparatus, the detector detects at least one of the container and the cap in a state where the movement mechanism is moving the container relative to the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jun INAGAKI, Yoshinori NAKAMURA, Kohei ODA
  • Publication number: 20190389189
    Abstract: An object is to provide a laminate having excellent lamination strength that includes a polyester film having a furandicarboxylate unit and a heat-sealable resin layer, and to provide a packaging bag including the same. A laminate including a polyester film and a heat-sealable resin layer, wherein the polyester film is a biaxially oriented polyester film containing a polyethylene furandicarboxylate resin composed of a furandicarboxylic acid and ethylene glycol, a plane orientation coefficient ?P of the film is 0.005 or more and 0.200 or less, a thickness of the film is 1 ?m or more and 300 ?m or less, a heat shrinkage rate of the film is 10% or less when heated at 150° C. for 30 minutes, and lamination strength of the laminate is 2.0 N/15 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., SYNVINA C.V.
    Inventors: Shota HAYAKAWA, Yukihiro NUMATA, Katsuya ITO, Jun INAGAKI, Jesper Gabriel VAN BERKEL
  • Patent number: 10475943
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a white polyester film for a solar cell that is excellent in transfer-mark concealment properties (properties that transferred irregularities are hard to be seen) while having high whiteness, and exhibiting good light resistance and hydrolysis resistance, a sealing sheet for a back surface of a solar cell and a solar cell module using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shotaro Nishio, Akira Shimizu, Jun Inagaki, Shinji Sawasaki
  • Patent number: 10407555
    Abstract: To provide a furandicarboxylate unit-containing polyester film usable for industrial and packaging purposes. The film of the present invention is a polyester film, which is a biaxially oriented film of a polyester resin including a dicarboxylic acid component containing mainly a furandicarboxylic acid and a glycol component containing mainly ethylene glycol, wherein the film has a plane orientation coefficient ?P of not less than 0.005 and not more than 0.200 and a film thickness of not thinner than 1 micro meter and not thicker than 300 micro meters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOBO CO., LTD., SYNVINA C.V.
    Inventors: Jun Inagaki, Katsuya Ito, Toshiyuki Shimizu, Shoichi Gyobu, Chikao Morishige, Jesper Gabriel Van Berkel
  • Publication number: 20190265264
    Abstract: The sample measuring apparatus includes a suction unit that includes a nozzle and a drive unit that raises and lowers the nozzle, and suctions a first liquid and a second liquid that is different from the first liquid; a liquid surface detecting unit that detects liquid surfaces of the first liquid and the second liquid; a control unit that controls the suction unit, and a measuring unit that measures a measurement sample prepared from the suctioned first liquid; wherein the control unit controls the suction unit to suction the first liquid and the second liquid based on the respective liquid surface detection result of the first liquid and the second liquid detected while lowering the nozzle, and a second speed at which the nozzle descends when detecting the liquid surface of the second liquid is faster than a first speed at which the nozzle descends when detecting the liquid surface of the first liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Takashi YAMATO, Jun INAGAKI, Shunsuke SAITO, Yoshinori NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190106534
    Abstract: It is provided that a polyester film excellent in heat resistant dimension stability, impact-resistant strength properties, easy-slipping properties, mechanical properties, transparency, and gas barrier performance, and a film roll obtained by winding up this polyester film. A polyester film includes at least one layer mainly including a polyester resin containing a dicarboxylic acid component including furandicarboxylic acid as a main component and a glycol component including ethylene glycol as a main component; and the polyester film has a plane orientation coefficient ?P of not less than 0.005 and not more than 0.200, a thickness of not less than 1 ?m and not more than 300 ?m, a heat shrinkage rate of 3.2% or less in each of the MD direction and the TD direction at 150° C. for 30 minutes, and a layer containing at least one additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., SYNVINA C.V.
    Inventors: Jun INAGAKI, Katsuya ITO, Yukihiro NUMATA, Shota HAYAKAWA, Jesper Gabriel VAN BERKEL
  • Publication number: 20180244878
    Abstract: To provide a furandicarboxylate unit-containing polyester film usable for industrial and packaging purposes. The film of the present invention is a polyester film, which is a biaxially oriented film of a polyester resin including a dicarboxylic acid component containing mainly a furandicarboxylic acid and a glycol component containing mainly ethylene glycol, wherein the film has a plane orientation coefficient AP of not less than 0.005 and not more than 0.200 and a film thickness of not thinner than 1 micro meter and not thicker than 300 micro meters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., SYNVINA C.V.
    Inventors: Jun INAGAKI, Katsuya ITO, Toshiyuki SHIMIZU, Shoichi GYOBU, Chikao MORISHIGE, Jesper Gabriel VAN BERKEL
  • Publication number: 20180062013
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a white polyester film for a solar cell that is excellent in transfer-mark concealment properties (properties that transferred irregularities are hard to be seen) while having high whiteness, and exhibiting good light resistance and hydrolysis resistance, a sealing sheet for a back surface of a solar cell and a solar cell module using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shotaro NISHIO, Akira SHIMIZU, Jun INAGAKI, Shinji SAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 9640689
    Abstract: The invention provides a polyester film for the protection of a back surface of a solar cell which, when applied to a silicon thin film solar cell, exhibits excellent durability even under high-temperature and high-humidity conditions and long term thermal stability. The polyester film (a) contains a polyester, as a main constituent, obtained by polymerization using a polycondensation catalyst containing aluminum and/or its compound as well as a phosphorus compound having an aromatic group in the molecule; (b) has a whiteness degree of 50 or higher; (c) contains 3 to 50% by mass of fine particles with a mean particle diameter of 0.1 to 3 ?m; and (d) has an acid value from not lower than 1 (eq/ton) and not higher than 30 (eq/ton).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shiro Hamamoto, Yoshitomo Ikehata, Katsuya Ito, Jun Inagaki
  • Patent number: 9161538
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agricultural fungicide having definitive effects which can be safely used, and a pyridine compound or salts thereof useful as an active ingredient of an agricultural fungicide. The pyridine compound or salts thereof of the present invention are represented by the following formula. In the formula, R1 represents a formyl group or the like, R2 represents a hydrogen bond or the like, each of R3, R4, and R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom, E represents a phenyl group or the like, A represents a halogen atom, and n is any integer of 0 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Inagaki, Homare Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20150189878
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agricultural fungicide having definitive effects which can be safely used, and a pyridine compound or salts thereof useful as an active ingredient of an agricultural fungicide. The pyridine compound or salts thereof of the present invention are represented by the following formula. In the formula, R1 represents a formyl group or the like, R2 represents a hydrogen bond or the like, each of R3, R4, and R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom, E represents a phenyl group or the like, A represents a halogen atom, and n is any integer of 0 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Inagaki, Homare Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 9062024
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound represented by formula (I) and salt thereof, which is useful as an active ingredient of a fungicide for agricultural and horticultural use, having an assured effect and being safely usable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Mitani, Jun Inagaki, Raito Kuwahara, Motoaki Sato
  • Patent number: 9029552
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a tetrazoyloxime derivative and a salt thereof, which are excellent in a control effect against plant disease injury, and a plant disease controlling agent containing the same as an active ingredient are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Kobori, Hazumi Nomura, Ichirou Urihara, Hiroyasu Hosokawa, Atsunori Isshiki, Syuichi Ito, Jun Inagaki, Kazushige Fujii
  • Publication number: 20150068601
    Abstract: The present invention is a sealing sheet for a back surface of a solar cell comprising only one polyester film, wherein the polyester film is composed of at least the layer A and the layer B, or the layer A, the layer B and the layer C described below, wherein the polyester film has a given whiteness and a given average reflectance of the polyester film, a given acid value of the polyester, a given thickness of the whole polyester film, a given thickness of the A layer and the B layer, and a given content of the inorganic fine particles in the whole polyester film. Layer A: a polyester resin layer in which the content of the inorganic fine particles is 10 to 35% by mass Layer B: a polyester resin layer in which the content of the inorganic fine particles is 0 to 8% by mass, which is the smallest among the contents of the inorganic fine particles in the layer A, the layer B and the layer C Layer C: a polyester resin layer in which the content of the inorganic fine particles is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Ikehata, Akira Shimizu, Jun Inagaki, Shinji Sawasaki, Ken Jibiki
  • Patent number: 8916264
    Abstract: The invention provides a polyester film suitable for a back sheet for solar cells, which requires a high reflectance not only in the visible light region but also in the near-infrared region, and also requires a low reflection directivity. The polyester film is a cavity-containing polyester film having an average reflectance of 70-95% in a wavelength range of 400-1200 nm and an average transmittance of 5-30% in a wavelength range of 700-1200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Mizuno, Mutsuo Nishi, Jun Inagaki