Patents Assigned to Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture
  • Patent number: 10676615
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fiber-reinforced resin composition in which fibers with good dispersibility and a resin in which the fibers are easily dispersed have been suitably composited; and a method for producing the fiber-reinforced resin composition. Specifically, the object is to provide a fiber-reinforced resin composition that comprises chemically modified CNFs and a thermoplastic resin, and that has improved physical properties due to the suitable compositing of the fibers with the resin; and a method for producing the fiber-reinforced resin composition. The fiber-reinforced resin composition comprises chemically modified CNFs (A) and a thermoplastic resin (B), wherein the chemically modified CNFs and the thermoplastic resin satisfy the following conditions: (a) the ratio R of the solubility parameter (SPcnf) of the chemically modified CNFs (A) to the solubility parameter (SPpol) of the thermoplastic resin (B), SPcnf/SPpol, is in the range of 0.87 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: Kyoto University, KYOTO MUNICIPAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE, NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Semba, Akihiro Ito, Takahiro Uesaka, Kazuo Kitagawa, Fumiaki Nakatsubo, Hiroyuki Yano
  • Patent number: 9512304
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a resin composition, which, by means of simple steps, can uniformly disperse microfibrillated plant fiber in a highly hydrophobic resin and can impart enhanced mechanical strength to a molding material obtained by molding the resin composition. The present invention further provides a resin composition having excellent heat resistance and low linear thermal expansion. The present invention relates to a method for producing a resin composition, the method including a step of mixing a thermoplastic resin or thermosetting resin (A), and modified plant fiber (b) or modified microfibrillated plant fiber (B), in the presence of an organic liquid (C), the modified plant fiber (b) or modified microfibrillated plant fiber (B) being obtained by modification with an alkyl or alkenyl succinic anhydride in a liquid capable of swelling microfibrillated plant fiber (B?) or plant fiber (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: DIC Corporation, Seiko PMC Corporation, Kyoto University, Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yano, Akihiro Sato, Tomoaki Yoshimura, Yuko Igarashi, Daisuke Kabusaki, Fumiaki Nakatsubo, Hiroaki Okumura, Takeshi Semba, Kazuo Kitagawa, Hiromasa Kataoka, Kazuhiro Shintani
  • Patent number: 9505915
    Abstract: A fastening component is a molded article of a mixture in which microfibrillated cellulose fibers are dispersed in a thermoplastic resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin has a melting point of between 150 and 200° C., and wherein when the total mass % of the thermoplastic resin and the cellulose fibers is set to be 100 mass %, the mass % of the cellulose fibers included in the mixture is greater than 20 mass % and less than 60 mass %. When the total mass % of the thermoplastic resin and the cellulose fibers is set to be 100%, the mass % of the cellulose fibers included in the mixture is preferably equal to or greater than 30 mass % and equal to or less than 50 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignees: Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture, YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Senba, Kazuo Kitagawa, Akihiro Itou, Kazuya Mizumoto
  • Patent number: 9469750
    Abstract: A fastening component is a molded article of a mixture in which microfibrillated cellulose fibers are dispersed in a thermoplastic resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin has a melting point of between 150 and 200° C., and wherein when the total mass % of the thermoplastic resin and the cellulose fibers is set to be 100 mass %, the mass % of the cellulose fibers included in the mixture is greater than 20 mass % and less than 60 mass %. When the total mass % of the thermoplastic resin and the cellulose fibers is set to be 100%, the mass % of the cellulose fibers included in the mixture is preferably equal to or greater than 30 mass % and equal to or less than 50 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignees: Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture, YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Senba, Kazuo Kitagawa, Akihiro Itou, Kazuya Mizumoto