Patents by Inventor Katsuhiko Imoto

Katsuhiko Imoto 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: 11697276
    Abstract: A coating film obtained from a composition containing a polyaspartic acid ester and a fluoropolymer. Also disclosed is fluorine-containing coating film including a urethane bond and a urea bond, and exhibiting a corrosion from scribe of 1 mm or shorter. Both coating films have a thickness of 100 to 1000 ?m. Also disclosed is a laminate including a base and one or the other of the coating films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiko Washino, Katsuhiko Imoto, Koichiro Ogita, Susumu Wada, Yasukazu Nakatani
  • Publication number: 20220153890
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing polymer for a metal-clad laminated sheet, containing: a polymerized unit based on a fluorine-containing vinyl monomer; and a polymerized unit based on a vinyl ester monomer other than the fluorine-containing vinyl monomer. The fluorine-containing polymer contains not more than 1 mol % in total of a polymerized unit based on a monomer containing a hydroxy group and a polymerized unit based on a monomer containing a carboxy group, of all polymerized units. Also disclosed is a composition containing the fluorine-containing polymer, a curable composition containing the fluorine-containing polymer and an epoxy resin, a metal-clad laminated sheet including a metal foil and a resin layer provided on the metal foil and being formed of the curable composition, and a printed substrate including a patterned circuit formed by etching the metal foil of the metal-clad laminated sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuji ISHIKAWA, Hidenori OZAKI, Katsuhiko IMOTO
  • Patent number: 11186672
    Abstract: Provided is a polymer capable of providing a coating film that has good initial adhesiveness to a base material and good adhesiveness thereto after a pressure cooker test, and has excellent abrasion resistance as determined by a falling sand abrasion test. The polymer includes a perhaloolefin unit, a vinyl ester unit that contains neither a hydroxy group nor an aromatic ring; and a hydroxy group-containing monomer unit. The polymer has a hydroxyl value of 110 mgKOH/g or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideto Nakagawa, Kengo Ito, Kenji Gobou, Koichiro Ogita, Katsuhiko Imoto
  • Publication number: 20210070973
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion containing a particulate resin composite that contains a fluorine-containing resin and an inorganic polymer. The fluorine-containing resin contains a hydrolyzable silyl group-containing unsaturated monomer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: DAI KIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuji ISHIKAWA, Hidenori OZAKI, Katsuhiko IMOTO, Yoshinari FUKUHARA
  • Publication number: 20200407584
    Abstract: Provided is a coating film that is less likely to be deteriorated even after exposure to hydrogen peroxide. The coating film is for use in an environment including exposure to hydrogen peroxide and includes a fluorine atom and a urethane bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko IMOTO, Susumu WADA, Masaru NAGATO, Hiroshi TOMOOKA
  • Patent number: 10787587
    Abstract: Provided is an aqueous dispersion capable of providing a coating film excellent in solvent resistance, stain resistance, and adhesion to a base material. The invention relates to an aqueous dispersion including a particulate polymer composite; a polyisocyanate compound; and water. The particulate polymer composite includes a fluoropolymer (A) and an acrylic polymer (B). Either or both of the fluoropolymer (A) and the acrylic polymer (B) contain a hydroxyl group and a hydrolyzable silyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuji Ishikawa, Akira Chida, Katsuhiko Imoto
  • Publication number: 20200282713
    Abstract: A coating film obtained from a composition containing a polyaspartic acid ester and a fluoropolymer. Also disclosed is fluorine-containing coating film including a urethane bond and a urea bond, and exhibiting a corrosion from scribe of 1 mm or shorter. Both coating films have a thickness of 100 to 1000 ?m. Also disclosed is a laminate including a base and one or the other of the coating films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiko WASHINO, Katsuhiko IMOTO, Koichiro OGITA, Susumu WADA, Yasukazu NAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20200231797
    Abstract: A composition including a polymer and at least one compound selected from a reactive polydialkylsiloxane and a fluoropolyether, the polymer containing a perhaloolefin unit and a hydroxy group-containing monomer unit and having a hydroxyl value of 110 to 210 mgKOH/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasukazu NAKATANI, Koichiro OGITA, Katsuhiko IMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190367764
    Abstract: Provided is a fluororesin-containing electrodeposition coating composition which, although being an electrodeposition coating material, has sufficient storage stability. The electrodeposition coating composition comprises: a fluorocopolymer comprising perhaloolefin units, units of a monomer represented by the following general formula (1), units of a carboxylated vinyl monomer, and units of a hydroxylated vinyl monomer; and an acrylic polymer. In the following general formula (1), R is preferably a C9 or higher hydrocarbon group. CH2?CH—O—CO—R??(1) (In the formula, R is a C6 or higher hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Suguru OOMURO, Mamoru EBIHARA, Katsuhiko IMOTO, Takuma KAWABE
  • Patent number: 10367109
    Abstract: The invention provides a back sheet including a water-impermeable sheet and a film firmly bonded to each other and exhibiting excellent adhesiveness to an EVA encapsulant layer of a solar cell module even without corona discharge treatment on the film surface. The back sheet of the invention is a back sheet for solar cell module, including a water-impermeable sheet and a film. The film is disposed on at least one side of the water-impermeable sheet and is formed from a coating containing a fluorine-containing copolymer. The fluorine-containing copolymer contains a C2-C3 perhaloolefin structural unit, a vinyl acetate structural unit, a hydroxy-containing vinyl monomer structural unit, and a carboxy-containing monomer structural unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Kawabe, Kengo Ito, Eri Tanioka, Katsuhiko Imoto, Hideto Nakagawa, Kenji Gobou
  • Publication number: 20190016848
    Abstract: Provided is a polymer capable of providing a coating film that has good initial adhesiveness to a base material and good adhesiveness thereto after a pressure cooker test, and has excellent abrasion resistance as determined by a falling sand abrasion test. The polymer includes a perhaloolefin unit, a vinyl ester unit that contains neither a hydroxy group nor an aromatic ring; and a hydroxy group-containing monomer unit. The polymer has a hydroxyl value of 110 mgKOH/g or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideto NAKAGAWA, Kengo ITO, Kenji GOBOU, Koichiro OGITA, Katsuhiko IMOTO
  • Patent number: 10150820
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a production method that can produce an aqueous dispersion containing polyvinylidene fluoride with high productivity. The present invention relates to a method of producing an aqueous dispersion of polyvinylidene fluoride, including: emulsion polymerization of vinylidene fluoride in the presence of a surfactant, an organic peroxide, and water to produce an aqueous dispersion that contains polyvinylidene fluoride. The surfactant has a surface tension of 55 mN/m or smaller when added in an amount of 1000 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mayumi Iida, Yasuhiro Nakano, Katsuhiko Imoto
  • Publication number: 20180222168
    Abstract: The invention provides a composition capable of forming a coating film that is excellent in salt water resistance and weather resistance and is less likely to deteriorate for a long time. The composition contains a polyaspartic acid ester and a fluoropolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiko WASHINO, Katsuhiko IMOTO, Koichiro OGITA, Susumu WADA, Yasukazu NAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20180118969
    Abstract: Provided is an aqueous dispersion capable of providing a coating film excellent in solvent resistance, stain resistance, and adhesion to a base material. The invention relates to an aqueous dispersion including a particulate polymer composite; a polyisocyanate compound; and water. The particulate polymer composite includes a fluoropolymer (A) and an acrylic polymer (B). Either or both of the fluoropolymer (A) and the acrylic polymer (B) contain a hydroxyl group and a hydrolyzable silyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuji ISHIKAWA, Akira CHIDA, Katsuhiko IMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180090632
    Abstract: The invention provides a back sheet including a water-impermeable sheet and a film firmly bonded to each other and exhibiting excellent adhesiveness to an EVA encapsulant layer of a solar cell module even without corona discharge treatment on the film surface. The back sheet of the invention is a back sheet for solar cell module, including a water-impermeable sheet and a film. The film is disposed on at least one side of the water-impermeable sheet and is formed from a coating containing a fluorine-containing copolymer. The fluorine-containing copolymer contains a C2-C3 perhaloolefin structural unit, a vinyl acetate structural unit, a hydroxy-containing vinyl monomer structural unit, and a carboxy-containing monomer structural unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma KAWABE, Kengo ITO, Eri TANIOKA, Katsuhiko IMOTO, Hideto NAKAGAWA, Kenji GOBOU
  • Patent number: 9920214
    Abstract: Provided is a paint composition which can give a coating having excellent stretchability and further having excellent contamination resistance. A solvent-based paint composition comprises a fluorocopolymer (I), and an organic solvent (II), the fluorocopolymer (I) including: a perhaloolefin structural unit (a) that contains two carbon atoms, a vinyl acetate structural unit (b), a hydroxyl group-containing vinyl monomer structural unit (c) represented by the following formula (1): CH2?CH—O—(CH2)n—OH wherein n is an integer of 2 or more, and a carboxyl group-containing monomer structural unit (d) represented by the following formula (2): R1R2C?CR3—(CH2)m—COOH wherein R1, R2, and R3 are the same as or different from one another, and each a hydrogen atom or a C1-C10 linear or branched alkyl group; and m is an integer of 2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Imahori, Hirotoshi Yoshida, Mayumi Iida, Kengo Ito, Yoshito Tanaka, Katsuhiko Imoto, Takuma Kawabe, Akiko Ohya
  • Publication number: 20170056924
    Abstract: In order to reduce manufacturing cost and required energy largely and to improve weather resistance, a heat-shielding property, hydrophilicity, a nonflammable property, chemical resistance, flexibility, a handling property, and a surface printing excellent characteristic, in a nonflammable sheet, a resin layer including a first fluorocarbon resin containing a vinylidene fluoride copolymer, an acrylic copolymer, and titanium oxide, and a second fluorocarbon resin containing a vinylidene fluoride polymer, a siloxane polymer, and a crosslinked acrylic polymer is formed on a surface of a woven fabric formed of a nonflammable fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD., DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi TAKENAKA, Takuji ISHIKAWA, Masami KATOU, Shouichi YAGI, Katsuhiko IMOTO
  • Patent number: 9567413
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a fluoropolymer in the presence of a specific non-fluorinated compound having surface activity. The method shows a high polymerization rate, and suppresses formation of sticking polymerization materials after production of a polymer product. The method includes aqueous dispersion polymerization of a fluoroolefin in the presence of a compound (1) represented by formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 are the same as or different from each other, and each represent a C4 to C12 non-fluorinated saturated hydrocarbon group; and M is an alkali metal, an ammonium salt, or an amine salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Imahori, Mayumi Iida, Katsuhiko Imoto
  • Publication number: 20170009000
    Abstract: Fluoropolymer structures are provided for use in aircraft interiors. The structures include an external cross-linked fluoropolymer layer that is lighter and safer than conventional fluoropolymer film layers. In general these structures can be described as a panel for the interior of an aerospace vehicle made of an aluminum or fiber composite facesheet, a foam or honeycomb core attached to the facesheet, and a layer of cross-linked fluoropolymer on the surface of the facesheet that is on the side facing away from the core. Methods of making and using the structures are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicants: DAIKIN AMERICA INC., DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ronald E. HENDERSHOT, Kenneth E. MILAM, Katsuhiko IMOTO
  • Patent number: 9523016
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an aqueous dispersion capable of forming a coating film that has excellent adhesion to a substrate and excellent water resistance. The aqueous dispersion of the present invention includes fluorine-containing composite polymer particles of a polymer (A) with a repeating unit of vinylidene fluoride and a polymer (B) with a repeating unit of at least one acrylic monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, acrylic acid esters, methacrylic acid, and methacrylic acid esters, the dispersion having an acid value of at least 3 mgKOH/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shumi Yoshida, Katsuhiko Imoto