Patents by Inventor Shintaro Kikuchi

Shintaro Kikuchi 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: 20240067818
    Abstract: A resin composition including a liquid crystalline polymer and a fluororesin, wherein the fluororesin has a peak area percentage of a CF3 groups content relative to a CF2 groups content in the fluororesin of 0.05% or more, as determined by the following [Method for measuring CF3 groups content]: the CF3 groups content relative to the CF2 groups content in the fluororesin is calculated as an area percentage from a peak area ICF3 corresponding to the CF3 groups and a peak area ICF2 corresponding to the CF2 groups measured by 19F solid-state NMR, and is determined by the following formula (f1): CF3 groups content (%)={(ICF3/3)/(ICF2/2)}×100 (f1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yuta KIKUCHI, Shintaro SAITO, Kensuke MAEKAWA
  • Patent number: 9893336
    Abstract: A biaxially stretched microporous film includes band-like polyethylene material having a film width of not less than 300 mm wherein distribution of physical properties in the film width direction and the thickness variation is less than 1.00 ?m and air permeability variation is not greater than 50 seconds/100 mL. The polyethylene microporous film has excellent planarity and uniformity of physical properties required when used in a large-area configuration as a separator film of a lithium ion battery for automobiles or consumer electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideto Mitsuoka, Kazuhiro Yamada, Shintaro Kikuchi, Toshiya Saito
  • Patent number: 9799870
    Abstract: A polyolefin multilayer microporous membrane includes at least first microporous layers which form both surface layers of the membrane and at least a second microporous layer disposed between the both surface layers, wherein static friction coefficient of one of the surface layers of the polyolefin multilayer microporous membrane against another surface layer in a longitudinal direction (MD) is 1.1 or less, and wherein pore density calculated from an average pore radius measured by mercury porosimetry method and porosity, according to Formula (1) is 4 or more: Pore density=(P/A3)×104??(1) wherein A represents the average pore radius (nm) measured by mercury porosimetry method and P represents the porosity (%).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiya Saito, Kazuhiro Yamada, Shintaro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9709946
    Abstract: A cleaning blade includes a polyurethane member that constitutes at least a contact portion that comes in contact with a member to be cleaned. The polyurethane member contains a polyurethane containing a hard segment component and a soft segment component. The hard segment component has a domain particle size of about 45 nm or more and about 100 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tano, Yu Nakamura, Noriaki Kojima, Kei Tanaka, Shintaro Kikuchi, Yuko Kawase
  • Patent number: 9595703
    Abstract: A polyethylene microporous membrane has a Gurley air permeability of 1 to 1,000 sec/100 mL/25 ?m, wherein the total length of waviness widths in the width direction of the polyethylene microporous membrane is not more than one-third of the overall width of the microporous membrane. The polyethylene microporous membrane has excellent planarity without compromising any other important physical property such as permeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Toray Battery Separator Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideto Mitsuoka, Shintaro Kikuchi, Kazuhiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20170068206
    Abstract: A cleaning blade includes a polyurethane member that constitutes at least a contact portion that comes in contact with a member to be cleaned. The polyurethane member contains a polyurethane containing a hard segment component and a soft segment component. The hard segment component has a domain particle size of about 45 nm or more and about 100 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke TANO, Yu NAKAMURA, Noriaki KOJIMA, Kei TANAKA, Shintaro KIKUCHI, Yuko KAWASE
  • Patent number: 9492965
    Abstract: A multi-layer, microporous polyolefin membrane comprising a polypropylene layer and a polyethylene resin layer and having well-balanced permeability, mechanical strength, heat shrinkage resistance, shutdown properties and meltdown properties can be obtained by (1) forming a sheet comprising a gel-like polypropylene layer containing a membrane-forming solvent or a polypropylene layer containing no membrane-forming solvent and a gel-like polyethylene resin layer containing a membrane-forming solvent, stretching the sheet at two-stage temperatures, and then removing the membrane-forming solvent, or (2) forming a gel-like polypropylene sheet containing a membrane-forming solvent or a polypropylene sheet containing no membrane-forming solvent, and a gel-like polyethylene resin sheet containing a membrane-forming solvent, stretching them at two-stage temperatures, removing the membrane-forming solvent, and then laminating the resultant microporous polypropylene membrane and the resultant microporous polyethylene me
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: TORAY BATTERY SEPARATOR FILM CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kotaro Takita, Shintaro Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20160329609
    Abstract: A multi-layer, microporous polyolefin membrane having at least three layers, which comprises first microporous layers made of a polyethylene resin for constituting at least both surface layers, and at least one second microporous layer comprising a polyethylene resin and polypropylene and disposed between both surface layers, the heat of fusion (?Hm) of the polypropylene measured by differential scanning calorimetry being 90 J/g or more, and the polypropylene content in the second microporous layer being 50% or less by mass based on 100% by mass of the total of the polyethylene resin and the polypropylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: TORAY BATTERY SEPARATOR FILM CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shintaro KIKUCHI, Kotaro TAKITA, Koichi KONO
  • Patent number: 9431642
    Abstract: A multi-layer, microporous polyolefin membrane having at least three layers, which comprises first microporous layers made of a polyethylene resin for constituting at least both surface layers, and at least one second microporous layer comprising a polyethylene resin and polypropylene and disposed between both surface layers, the heat of fusion (?Hm) of the polypropylene measured by differential scanning calorimetry being 90 J/g or more, and the polypropylene content in the second microporous layer being 50% or less by mass based on 100% by mass of the total of the polyethylene resin and the polypropylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: TORAY BATTERY SEPARATOR FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Kikuchi, Kotaro Takita, Koichi Kono
  • Patent number: 9354559
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning blade of which a contact portion brought into contact with at least a member to be cleaned is formed of a polyurethane member that includes a polyurethane material containing a hard segment and a soft segment and has a ratio of an area occupied by a hard segment aggregate having a diameter of 0.3 ?m to 0.7 ?m in a cross section being in a range of 2% to 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Nakamura, Daisuke Tano, Masato Ono, Shintaro Kikuchi, Yuko Kawase, Noriaki Kojima, Tsutomu Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 9287542
    Abstract: A multi-layer, microporous polyolefin membrane comprising first microporous layers constituting at least both surface layers, and at least one second microporous layer disposed between both surface layers, the first microporous layer comprising a first polyethylene resin containing 8% or more by mass of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene having a weight-average molecular weight of 1×106 or more, the second microporous layer comprising a second polyethylene resin containing 7% or less by mass of the ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene, and having a structure in which a pore diameter distribution curve obtained by mercury intrusion porosimetry has at least two peaks, and the total thickness of the first microporous layers being 15-60% per 100% of the total thickness of the first and second microporous layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: TORAY BATTERY SEPARATOR FILM CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kotaro Takita, Junko Takita, Shintaro Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20160004190
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning blade of which a contact portion brought into contact with at least a member to be cleaned is formed of a polyurethane member that includes a polyurethane material containing a hard segment and a soft segment and has a ratio of an area occupied by a hard segment aggregate having a diameter of 0.3 ?m to 0.7 ?m in a cross section being in a range of 2% to 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Yu NAKAMURA, Daisuke TANO, Masato ONO, Shintaro KIKUCHI, Yuko KAWASE, Noriaki KOJIMA, Tsutomu SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150280194
    Abstract: A biaxially stretched microporous film includes band-like polyethylene material having a film width of not less than 300 mm wherein distribution of physical properties in the film width direction and the thickness variation is less than 1.00 ?m and air permeability variation is not greater than 50 seconds/100 mL. The polyethylene microporous film has excellent planarity and uniformity of physical properties required when used in a large-area configuration as a separator film of a lithium ion battery for automobiles or consumer electronics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Toray Battery Separator Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideto Mitsuoka, Kazuhiro Yamada, Shintaro Kikuchi, Toshiya Saito
  • Patent number: 9044716
    Abstract: The invention relates to microporous polymeric membranes suitable for use as battery separator film. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a membrane, batteries containing such membranes as battery separators, methods for making such batteries, and methods for using such batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Toray Battery Separator Film Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yamada, Shintaro Kikuchi, Junko Takita
  • Publication number: 20150053335
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polyolefin composition. The polyolefin composition can be in the form of a multi-layer, microporous polyolefin membrane comprising a first microporous layer containing 7% or less by mass of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene having a weight-average molecular weight of 1×106 or more, and having a structure in which a pore size distribution curve obtained by mercury intrusion porosimetry has at least two peaks, and a second microporous layer containing 8% or more by mass of the ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: TORAY BATTERY SEPARATOR FILM CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kotaro TAKITA, Shintaro KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150037653
    Abstract: A polyolefin multilayer microporous membrane includes at least first microporous layers which form both surface layers of the membrane and at least a second microporous layer disposed between the both surface layers, wherein static friction coefficient of one of the surface layers of the polyolefin multilayer microporous membrane against another surface layer in a longitudinal direction (MD) is 1.1 or less, and wherein pore density calculated from an average pore radius measured by mercury porosimetry method and porosity, according to Formula (1) is 4 or more: Pore density=(P/A3)×104??(1) wherein A represents the average pore radius (nm) measured by mercury porosimetry method and P represents the porosity (%).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Toshiya Saito, Kazuhiro Yamada, Shintaro Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20150030907
    Abstract: A polyethylene microporous membrane has a Gurley air permeability of 1 to 1,000 sec/100 mL/25 ?m, wherein the total length of waviness widths in the width direction of the polyethylene microporous membrane is not more than one-third of the overall width of the microporous membrane. The polyethylene microporous membrane has excellent planarity without compromising any other important physical property such as permeability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Toray Battery Separator Fim Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideto Mitsuoka, Shintaro Kikuchi, Kazuhiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 8932748
    Abstract: (1) a combination of a microporous layer made of a polyethylene resin and a microporous layer made of polypropylene and a heat-resistant resin having a melting point or a glass transition temperature of 170° C. or higher, or (2) a combination of a microporous layer made of a polyethylene resin and a microporous layer made of polypropylene and inorganic filler having an aspect ratio of 2 or more provides a multi-layer, microporous polyolefin membrane with well-balanced permeability, mechanical strength, heat shrinkage resistance, shutdown properties and meltdown properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Toray Battery Separator Film Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shintaro Kikuchi, Kotaro Takita
  • Patent number: 8906539
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polyolefin composition. The polyolefin composition can be in the form of a multi-layer, microporous polyolefin membrane comprising a first microporous layer containing 7% or less by mass of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene having a weight-average molecular weight of 1×106 or more, and having a structure in which a pore size distribution curve obtained by mercury intrusion porosimetry has at least two peaks, and a second microporous layer containing 8% or more by mass of the ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Toray Battery Separator Film Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kotaro Takita, Shintaro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8846167
    Abstract: An image transfer sheet includes an image-receiving layer, a substrate, and a rear outermost layer containing an alkali metal salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid. The image-receiving layer, the substrate, and the rear outermost layer are arranged in that order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoo Kobayashi, Tetsuro Kodera, Naoyuki Egusa, Kaoru Torikoshi, Shintaro Kikuchi