Patents by Inventor Ryushi Shundo
Ryushi Shundo 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).
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Patent number: 9976084Abstract: A liquid crystal composition including an antioxidant, and a liquid crystal display device containing this composition are described. The liquid crystal composition has a nematic phase, has a high solubility in a liquid crystal composition, and includes a specific antioxidant useful for preventing deterioration of the composition. The liquid crystal composition may also include a specific compound having a high maximum temperature or a small viscosity as a first component, a specific compound having a high maximum temperature or a large dielectric anisotropy as a second component, and a specific compound having a large negative dielectric anisotropy as a third component.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2013Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignees: JNC CORPORATION, JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuyuki Gotoh, Ryushi Shundo, Norikatsu Hattori
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Polymerizable liquid crystal compound, polymerizable liquid crystal composition, and polymer thereof
Patent number: 9057018Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (1) is provided. A polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing the compound can be controlled in birefringence and is excellent in stability of a liquid crystal phase. An anisotropic polymer excellent in uniformity of alignment is obtained by coating and polymerizing the composition on a supporting substrate. In the formula (1), at least one of Ra represents a polymerizable group, A represents a ring group, Y and Z each represent a single bond or alkylene; in which —CH2— in the alkylene may be replaced by another group, and m and n each represent an integer of from 0 to 5.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignees: JNC CORPORATION, JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiharu Hirai, Ryushi Shundo, Takashi Kato -
Publication number: 20140183409Abstract: A liquid crystal composition including an antioxidant, and a liquid crystal display device containing this composition are described. The liquid crystal composition has a nematic phase, has a high solubility in a liquid crystal composition, and includes a specific antioxidant useful for preventing deterioration of the composition. The liquid crystal composition may also include a specific compound having a high maximum temperature or a small viscosity as a first component, a specific compound having a high maximum temperature or a large dielectric anisotropy as a second component, and a specific compound having a large negative dielectric anisotropy as a third component.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicants: JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION, JNC CORPORATIONInventors: YASUYUKI GOTOH, RYUSHI SHUNDO, NORIKATSU HATTORI
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Patent number: 8354494Abstract: A cholesteric polymerizable liquid crystal composition excellent in UV curing property and alignment property is provided. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition contains at least one liquid crystal compound selected from compounds represented by Formula (1-1) and Formula (1-2), at least one liquid crystal compound selected from compounds represented by Formula (2), and 5 to 15% by weight of at least one optically active compound selected from compounds represented by Formula (4) and may contain at least one liquid crystal compound selected from compounds represented by Formula (3). The meanings of the symbols in the Formulae are described in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignees: JNC Petrochemical Corporation, JNC CorporationInventors: Kazumi Hagihara, Ryushi Shundo
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Patent number: 7985455Abstract: The compound of the present invention is represented by the formula (1). In the formula (1), R1 and R2 are hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl or ethyl; X1 and X2 are hydrogen, fluorine, methyl or trifluoromethyl; Z1 and Z2 are a single bond, —COO—, —OCO—, —CH?CH—COO—, —OCO—CH?CH—, —CH2CH2—COO—, —OCO—CH2CH2—, —CH2O—, —CONH—, —(CH2)4—, —CH2CH2— or —C?C—; Z3 and Z4 are a single bond or —O—; A1 and A2 are 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 1,3-phenylene, pyridin-2,5-diyl, pyrimidin-2,5-diyl, naphthalen-2,6-diyl or tetrahydronaphtlane-2,6-diyl; and Y1 and Y2 are alkylene having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2010Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignees: JNC Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical CorporationInventors: Junichi Inagaki, Tomohiro Yano, Daisuke Ootsuki, Maiko Ito, Ryushi Shundo
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Polymerizable liquid crystal compound, polymerizable liquid crystal composition, and polymer thereof
Publication number: 20100304148Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (1) is provided. A polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing the compound can be controlled in birefringence and is excellent in stability of a liquid crystal phase. An anisotropic polymer excellent in uniformity of alignment is obtained by coating and polymerizing the composition on a supporting substrate. In the formula (1), at least one of Ra represents a polymerizable group, A represents a ring group, Y and Z each represent a single bond or alkylene; in which —CH2— in the alkylene may be replaced by another group, and m and n each represent an integer of from 0 to 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirai, Ryushi Shundo, Takashi Kato -
Publication number: 20100264367Abstract: The compound of the present invention is represented by the formula (1). In the formula (1), R1 and R2 are hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl or ethyl; X1 and X2 are hydrogen, fluorine, methyl or trifluoromethyl; Z1 and Z2 are a single bond, —COO—, —OCO—, —CH?CH—COO—, —OCO—CH?CH—, —CH2CH2—COO—, —OCO—CH2CH2—, —CH2O—, —CONH—, —(CH2)4—, —CH2CH2— or —C?C—; Z3 and Z4 are a single bond or —O—; A1 and A2 are 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 1,3-phenylene, pyridin-2,5-diyl, pyrimidin-2,5-diyl, naphthalen-2,6-diyl or tetrahydronaphtlane-2,6-diyl; and Y1 and Y2 are alkylene having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Junichi Inagaki, Tomohiro Yano, Daisuke Ootsuki, Maiko Ito, Ryushi Shundo
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Publication number: 20100193736Abstract: The compound of the present invention is represented by the formula (1). In the formula (1), R1 and R2 are hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl or ethyl; X1 and X2 are hydrogen, fluorine, methyl or trifluoromethyl; Z1 and Z2 are a single bond, —COO—, —OCO—, —CH?CH—COO—, —OCO—CH?CH—, —CH2CH2—COO—, —OCO—CH2CH2—, —CH2O—, —CONH—, —(CH2)4—, —CH2CH2— or —C?C—; Z3 and Z4 are a single bond or —O—; A1 and A2 are 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 1,3-phenylene, pyridin-2,5-diyl, pyrimidin-2,5-diyl, naphthalen-2,6-diyl or tetrahydronaphtlane-2,6-diyl; and Y1 and Y2 are alkylene having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2008Publication date: August 5, 2010Inventors: Junichi Inagaki, Tomohiro Yano, Daisuke Ootsuki, Maiko Ito, Ryushi Shundo
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Patent number: 7560146Abstract: A polymerizable liquid crystal composition excellent in storage stability and UV curing property and a polymer thereof are provided. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition contains a compound represented by formula (1) as a component (A), an optically active compound represented by formula (2) as a component (B), and a mixture of a photopolymerization initiator and a photosensitizer as a component (C), and a ratio of the component (A) is from 77 to 98% by weight, a ratio of the component (B) is from 1 to 15% by weight, and a ratio of the component (C) is from 1 to 8% by weight, based on a total weight of the composition: wherein Z independently represents a single bond or alkylene having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; Y1 independently represents a single bond or —O—; R1 represents methyl or ethyl; A1 and A2 each independently represents 1,4-phenylene or 4,4?-biphenylene; Y2 represents —COO— or —OCO—; Q represents a single bond or oxyalkylene having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and p represents 0 or 1.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2007Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignees: Chisso Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical CorporationInventors: Kazumi Hagihara, Seiki Mitani, Ryushi Shundo
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Patent number: 7541071Abstract: The compound of the invention is represented by Formula (1a) or Formula (1b) wherein R1 is a monovalent group; P1 and P2 are a monovalent group having an acrylic group and a hydroxyl group; A1, A2, and B1 are a divalent cyclic group; X1, X2, X3, X4, Y1 and Y2 are a bonding group.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2004Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignees: Chisso Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical CorporationInventors: Ryushi Shundo, Tomohiro Eto
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Patent number: 7527837Abstract: The compound provided by the present invention is a polymerizable optically active compound represented by Formula (1): wherein R1 is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine; R2 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; A1 is 1,4-phenylene, biphenyl-4,4?-diyl, naphthalene-2,6-diyl or pyridine-2,5-diyl, provided that in the 1,4-phenylene arbitrary hydrogen may be replaced by chlorine, bromine or fluorine, and in the biphenyl-4,4?-diyl arbitrary hydrogen may be replaced by chlorine, bromine or fluorine; and X1 is a single bond, —CH?CH— or —CH2CH2—.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2006Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignees: Chisso Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical CorporationInventors: Ryushi Shundo, Kazuhiko Saigusa
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Patent number: 7425354Abstract: The present invention provides a photopolymerizable liquid crystal composition comprising at least a compound having oxiranyl as a first component and at least a compound having oxetanyl as a second component, a polymer or a polymer composition obtained from the liquid crystal composition, a film obtained from the polymer or polymer composition, and an optical compensation element using the film.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2004Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignees: Chisso Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical CorporationInventors: Motoki Yanai, Kazuhiko Saigusa, Ryushi Shundo, Yoshiharu Hirai
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Patent number: 7407691Abstract: Provided are a liquid-crystal compound and a liquid-crystal composition containing the compound, of which the advantages are that they show nematic hybrid orientation on a rubbed TAC substrate, they are polymerizable in open air and they readily give a polymer having a high degree of polymerization even when exposed to a relatively small total quantity of light. The films formed by photopolymerizing them keep nematic hybrid orientation. The compound is represented by formula (1): wherein R1 is a hydrogen or an alkyl; R2 is a hydrogen, —OCF3, etc.; A1 is a 1,4-phenylene, etc.; A2 and A3 are independently a 1,4-cyclohexylene, a 1,4-phenylene, etc.; X1 is a single bond, —O—, etc.; X2 and X3 are independently a single bond, —COO—, —C?C—, —CONH—, etc.; m is an integer of from 0 to 20; and n is 1 or 0.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignees: Chisso Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical CorporationInventors: Ryushi Shundo, Tomohiro Etou, Masami Kimura
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Patent number: 7393569Abstract: A polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing compounds represented by the formula (1-1) and the formula (1-2), compounds represented by the formula (2-1) and the formula (2-2), and a compound represented by the formula (3-1): the polymerizable liquid crystal composition having homogeneous, homeotropic, or hybrid alignment, which can be coated on a support substrate, for example, of a transparent plastic film such as a triacetyl cellulose film or cycloolefin polymer film, or glass, and is aligned on a substrate as a polymer film while maintaining the alignment.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2006Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignees: Chisso Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical CorporationInventors: Maiko Ito, Masami Kimura, Ryushi Shundo
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Publication number: 20080152844Abstract: A cholesteric polymerizable liquid crystal composition excellent in UV curing property and alignment property is provided. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition contains at least one liquid crystal compound selected from compounds represented by Formula (1-1) and Formula (1-2), at least one liquid crystal compound selected from compounds represented by Formula (2), and 5 to 15% by weight of at least one optically active compound selected from compounds represented by Formula (4) and may contain at least one liquid crystal compound selected from compounds represented by Formula (3). The meanings of the symbols in the Formulae are described in the specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Kazumi Hagihara, Ryushi Shundo
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Patent number: 7381350Abstract: The compound (1) or (2), a composition containing the compound and a polymer obtained by polymerizing the composition. R1 is fluorine, cyano, alkyl, and so forth; R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, and so forth; R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen, fluorine, alkyl, and so forth; A is 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, and so forth; X is a single bond, —COO—, —OCO—, and so forth; P is alkylene and so forth; m and n are independently 0, 1 or 2.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2005Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignees: Chisso Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical CorporationInventors: Ryushi Shundo, Tomohiro Etou
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Patent number: 7378135Abstract: In order to obtain such a liquid crystal thin film having optical anisotropy that suffers less change in optical characteristics thereof under heating to 200° C., the following polymerizable liquid crystal composition is provided as a raw material therefor. The composition contains Compound (1) and at least one of Compound (2) and Compound (3), with a proportion of Compound (1) being from 50 to 99% by weight, a proportion of Compound (2) being from 0 to 50% by weight, and a proportion of Compound (3) being from 0 to 50% by weight: wherein R is alkyl; each of W1 and W2 is independently hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine or —CH3; each of W3 and W4 is independently hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, —CH3 or —CF3; W5 is alkyl having, alkoxy, chlorine, fluorine, —CN or —OCF3; X is a single bond, —CH?CH— or —CH2CH2—; Z is a single bond, —COO—, —OCO— or —CH2CH2—; and q is an integer of from 1 to 20.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2006Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignees: Chisso Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Saigusa, Maiko Ito, Ryushi Shundo
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Publication number: 20080029734Abstract: A polymerizable liquid crystal composition excellent in storage stability and UV curing property and a polymer thereof are provided. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition contains a compound represented by formula (1) as a component (A), an optically active compound represented by formula (2) as a component (B), and a mixture of a photopolymerization initiator and a photosensitizer as a component (C), and a ratio of the component (A) is from 77 to 98% by weight, a ratio of the component (B) is from 1 to 15% by weight, and a ratio of the component (C) is from 1 to 8% by weight, based on a total weight of the composition: wherein Z independently represents a single bond or alkylene having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; Y1 independently represents a single bond or —O—; R1 represents methyl or ethyl; A1 and A2 each independently represents 1,4-phenylene or 4,4?-biphenylene; Y2 represents —COO— or —OCO—; Q represents a single bond or oxyalkylene having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and p represents 0 or 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2007Publication date: February 7, 2008Inventors: Kazumi Hagihara, Seiki Mitani, Ryushi Shundo
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Patent number: 7300604Abstract: The invention includes compounds represented by Formula (1): wherein R1 is an alkyl having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; A1 and A2 are a 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; X is a single bond, —C?C—, —COO—, —OCO—, —CH?CH—COO— or —OCO—CH?CH—; P is an alkylene having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and p and q are 0, 1 or 2.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignees: Chisso Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical CorporationInventor: Ryushi Shundo
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Patent number: RE42221Abstract: A polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing compounds represented by the formula (1-1) and the formula (1-2), compounds represented by the formula (2-1) and the formula (2-2), and a compound represented by the formula (3-1): the polymerizable liquid crystal composition having homogeneous, homeotropic, or hybrid alignment, which can be coated on a support substrate, for example, of a transparent plastic film such as a triacetyl cellulose film or cycloolefin polymer film, or glass, and is aligned on a substrate as a polymer film while maintaining the alignment.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2009Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignees: Chisso Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical CorporationInventors: Maiko Ito, Masami Kimura, Ryushi Shundo