Patents by Inventor Takeshi Nii

Takeshi Nii 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: 11332852
    Abstract: A method of producing a carbon fiber bundle is provided, involving performing a flame-proof treatment to a carbon-fiber-precursor acryl fiber bundle having a single-fiber fineness of 1.5 dtex or more and 5.0 dtex or less, and having a roundness of 0.7 or more and 0.9 or less in a cross-section shape perpendicular to a fiber axis of the single fiber to obtain a flame-proofed fiber bundle; and performing a carbonization treatment to the flame-proofed fiber bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yuusuke Shinmen, Norifumi Hirota, Takeshi Nii
  • Publication number: 20200263327
    Abstract: Provided are: a carbon fiber bundle which has a large value of single-fiber fineness and excellent productivity and which, despite this, contains few interlaced single fibers therein and has excellent spreadability; and precursor fibers which are suitable for use in producing the carbon fiber bundle. The precursor fibers are a carbon-fiber-precursor acrylic fiber bundle which comprises a polyacrylonitrile copolymer comprising 95-99 mol % acrylonitrile units and 1-5 mol % hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate units and which has a single-fiber fineness of 1.5-5.0 dtex. In the acrylic fiber bundle, the cross-section of each single fiber which is perpendicular to the fiber axis has a shape that has a roundness of 0.9 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yuusuke Shinmen, Norifumi Hirota, Takeshi Nii
  • Patent number: 10662556
    Abstract: A carbon fiber bundle, wherein an average single-fiber fineness is from 1.0 to 2.4 dtex and a roundness is from 0.7 to 0.9 in a shape of a cross-section perpendicular to a fiber axis of a single fiber; the roundness being determined with equation (1): roundness=4?S/L2, where S is a cross-sectional area of the single fiber and L is a circumferential length of the single fiber, and S and L are obtained by observing, under an SEM, the cross-section of the single fiber perpendicular to the fiber axis of the single fiber and analyzing the obtained image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yuusuke Shinmen, Norifumi Hirota, Takeshi Nii
  • Publication number: 20190153628
    Abstract: A carbon fiber bundle, wherein an average single-fiber fineness is from 1.0 to 2.4 dtex and a roundness is from 0.7 to 0.9 in a shape of a cross-section perpendicular to a fiber axis of a single fiber; the roundness being determined with equation (1): roundness=4?S/L2, where S is a cross-sectional area of the single fiber and L is a circumferential length of the single fiber, and S and L are obtained by observing, under an SEM, the cross-section of the single fiber perpendicular to the fiber axis of the single fiber and analyzing the obtained image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yuusuke SHINMEN, Norifumi HIROTA, Takeshi NII
  • Patent number: 10233569
    Abstract: A carbon fiber bundle, wherein an average single-fiber fineness is from 1.0 to 2.4 dtex and a roundness is from 0.7 to 0.9 in a shape of a cross-section perpendicular to a fiber axis of a single fiber; the roundness being determined with equation (1): roundness=4?S/L2, where S is a cross-sectional area of the single fiber and L is a circumferential length of the single fiber, and S and L are obtained by observing, under an SEM, the cross-section of the single fiber perpendicular to the fiber axis of the single fiber and analyzing the obtained image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuusuke Shinmen, Norifumi Hirota, Takeshi Nii
  • Patent number: 10017881
    Abstract: Provided are: a polyacrylonitrile-based precursor fiber for the production of a carbon fiber having a large single-fiber fineness, said precursor fiber ensuring high heat stability of a spinning dope and excellent productivity; and a copolymer suitable for the production of said precursor fiber. Also provided are: high-quality carbon fiber bundles which have a large single-fiber fineness and excellent productivity; a process for producing the same; and a process for producing flameproofed fiber bundles suitable for the production of the carbon fiber bundles. A polyacrylonitrile-based copolymer which comprises 93.0 to 99.4 mol % of acrylonitrile units, 0.5 to 4.0 mol % of (meth)acrylamide-based units, and 0.1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Shinmen, Norifumi Hirota, Naoki Aoyama, Naomasa Matsuyama, Takeshi Nii, Yasuyuki Fujii, Yoshiko Irie, Harumi Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20180155855
    Abstract: A carbon fiber bundle, wherein an average single-fiber fineness is from 1.0 to 2.4 dtex and a roundness is from 0.7 to 0.9 in a shape of a cross-section perpendicular to a fiber axis of a single fiber; the roundness being determined with equation (1): roundness=4?S/L2, where S is a cross-sectional area of the single fiber and L is a circumferential length of the single fiber, and S and L are obtained by observing, under an SEM, the cross-section of the single fiber perpendicular to the fiber axis of the single fiber and analyzing the obtained image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yuusuke SHINMEN, Norifumi HIROTA, Takeshi NII
  • Patent number: 9920456
    Abstract: A carbon-fiber-precursor acryl fiber bundle, including a polyacrylonitrile-based copolymer that contains from 95 to 99 mol % of an acrylonitrile unit and from 1 to 5 mol % of a hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate unit, where the fiber bundle has a single-fiber fineness of from 1.5 dtex to 5.0 dtex and a roundness of from 0.75 to 0.9 in a cross-section shape perpendicular to a fiber axis of the single fiber; the roundness being determined with equation (1): roundness=4?S/L2, where S is a cross-sectional area of the single fiber and L is a circumferential length of the single fiber, and S and L are obtained by observing, under an SEM, the cross-section of the single fiber perpendicular to the fiber axis of the single fiber and analyzing the obtained image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuusuke Shinmen, Norifumi Hirota, Takeshi Nii
  • Publication number: 20140212663
    Abstract: Provided are: a polyacrylonitrile-based precursor fiber for the production of a carbon fiber having a large single-fiber fineness, said precursor fiber ensuring high heat stability of a spinning dope and excellent productivity; and a copolymer suitable for the production of said precursor fiber. Also provided are: high-quality carbon fiber bundles which have a large single-fiber fineness and excellent productivity; a process for producing the same; and a process for producing flameproofed fiber bundles suitable for the production of the carbon fiber bundles. A polyacrylonitrile-based copolymer which comprises 93.0 to 99.4 mol % of acrylonitrile units, 0.5 to 4.0 mol % of (meth)acrylamide-based units, and 0.1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Shinmen, Norifumi Hirota, Naoki Aoyama, Naomasa Matsuyama, Takeshi Nii, Yasuyuki Fujii, Yoshiko Irie, Harumi Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20130295811
    Abstract: Provided are: a carbon fiber bundle which has a large value of single-fiber fineness and excellent productivity and which, despite this, contains few interlaced single fibers therein and has excellent spreadability; and precursor fibers which are suitable for use in producing the carbon fiber bundle. The precursor fibers are a carbon-fiber-precursor acrylic fiber bundle which comprises a polyacrylonitrile copolymer comprising 95-99 mol % acrylonitrile units and 1-5 mol % hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate units and which has a single-fiber fineness of 1.5-5.0 dtex. In the acrylic fiber bundle, the cross-section of each single fiber which is perpendicular to the fiber axis has a shape that has a roundness of 0.9 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusuke Shinmen, Norifumi Hirota, Atsushi Nakajima, Naoki Aoyama, Naomasa Matsuyama, Takeshi Nii, Akiyoshi Kogame, Yasuyuki Fujii, Yoshiko Irie, Harumi Matsuda, Takayuki Kiriyama, Teppei Miura, Takuya Teranishi, Shouhei Mori, Manabu Kaneko, Kiharu Numata, Masahiro Ichino, Shigekazu Takeda, Takayuki Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Itou, Masahiro Hata, Hiroyuki Nakao, Kenichi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8569408
    Abstract: Disclosed are an acrylonitrile copolymer excellent in thermal stability as a solution (spinning dope) when dissolved in an amide solvent and capable of forming dense polyacrylonitrile fiber suitable for production of carbon fiber, an acrylonitrile copolymer solution in which the acrylonitrile copolymer is dissolved in an amide solvent, and a method for producing polyacrylonitrile precursor fiber for carbon fiber by use of the acrylonitrile copolymer solution. Specifically, an acrylonitrile copolymer contains a sulfonate group derived from a polymerization initiator in an amount of 1.0×10?5 equivalent/g or more, and the value (equivalent ratio) of (the content of a sulfate group derived from the polymerization initiator/the total content of the sulfonate group and the sulfate group) is 0.4 or less; an acrylonitrile copolymer solution contains the aforementioned acrylonitrile copolymer and an amide solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norifumi Hirota, Yusuke Shinmen, Naomasa Matsuyama, Takeshi Nii, Harumi Shibatani
  • Publication number: 20110130503
    Abstract: Disclosed are an acrylonitrile copolymer excellent in thermal stability as a solution (spinning dope) when dissolved in an amide solvent and capable of forming dense polyacrylonitrile fiber suitable for production of carbon fiber, an acrylonitrile copolymer solution in which the acrylonitrile copolymer is dissolved in an amide solvent, and a method for producing polyacrylonitrile precursor fiber for carbon fiber by use of the acrylonitrile copolymer solution. Specifically, an acrylonitrile copolymer contains a sulfonate group derived from a polymerization initiator in an amount of 1.0×10?5 equivalent/g or more, and the value (equivalent ratio) of (the content of a sulfate group derived from the polymerization initiator/the total content of the sulfonate group and the sulfate group) is 0.4 or less; an acrylonitrile copolymer solution contains the aforementioned acrylonitrile copolymer and an amide solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norifumi Hirota, Yusuke Shinmen, Naomasa Matsuyama, Takeshi Nii, Harumi Shibatani
  • Patent number: 5878262
    Abstract: Disclosed is a program development support system so adapted as to integrally manage a variety of information necessary for the development of a program by creating necessary links between information such as source programs to be employed for the development of the program, program parts, tools, specifications, handling persons and so on, by managing such information as resource information and by retaining attribute information of the links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Shoumura, Hiroshi Suganuma, Tsutomu Funada, Seiji Ozawa, Takeshi Nii, Takashi Kido, Naofumi Mitsuhashi, Toshikazu Hirano
  • Patent number: D265444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1982
    Inventor: Takeshi Nii