Patents Assigned to Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
  • RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY FORMED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20210347974
    Abstract: A novel vinyl chloride resin composition having exceptional transparency is provided. This resin composition comprises 3-15 parts by mass of a rubbery impact-absorbing material (B) for which the glass transition point in differential scanning calorimetry does not exceed 0° C., and 0.1-10 parts by mass of a lubricant (C) that satisfies (i)-(iv) below, the content amounts above being indicated relative to 100 parts by mass of a vinyl chloride resin (A) having a chlorine content of 55-75 mass %. (i) The melt viscosity at 200° C. is 5-5,000 mPa·s (ii) The softening point is in the range of 60?180° C. (iii) The glass transition point (Tg) as measured in DSC is in the range of 0?100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hirotaka KANAYA, Kuniaki KAWABE, Yosuke TAKAHASHI, Koji MATSUNAGA
  • HUMAN BODY DETECTION DEVICE, BED DEVICE, AND HUMAN BODY DETECTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210338111
    Abstract: A human body detection device including line-shaped piezoelectric substrates respectively provided in each of a plurality of regions in a plate material intersecting a direction of pressure received from a human body, and provided such that an axial direction of each of the piezoelectric substrates runs along the plate material so as to detect pressure applied in a radial direction of the piezoelectric substrate, memory, and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to be capable of detecting an output signal from each of the piezoelectric substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Katsuki ONISHI
  • MONOMER COMPOSITION FOR DENTAL MATERIALS, COMPOSITION FOR DENTAL MATERIALS, AND DENTAL MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20210338537
    Abstract: A monomer composition for a dental material including a compound represented by Formula (1). In Formula (1), X represents an n-valent organic group having from 1 to 200 carbon atoms and containing at least one selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom, in which the at least one selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom is bound to Y; and each Y represents a (meth)acryloyl group-containing group (Y1) represented by the following Formula (A), a (meth)acryloyl group (Y2), a hydrogen atom, or a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, with the proviso that at least one or more Y, among all Ys included in the compound represented by Formula (1), is the (meth)acryloyl group-containing group (Y1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takenori MITAMURA, Yoko KOSUGI
  • Lubricating oil composition, viscosity modifier for lubricating oil, and additive composition for lubricating oil
    Patent number: 11162050
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a lubricating oil composition particularly excellent in viscosity characteristics at a low temperature. The present invention provides: a lubricating oil composition including a polymer (A) and a base oil (B), wherein the polymer (A) satisfies the following requirement (A-1), and the content ratio of the polymer (A) and the base oil (B) is such that the ratio of a resin (A) is within the range of from 0.1 to 50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the polymer (A) and the base oil (B). (A-1) The polymer (A) is a polymer containing a structural unit derived from an ?-olefin having 20 or less carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Akio Hayakawa, Shuhei Yamamoto, Takayuki Uekusa, Ikuko Ebisawa, Masahiro Yamashita, Toyoaki Sasaki
  • TRIHYDROXYBENZENE PRODUCTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20210331993
    Abstract: A method of producing THB with improved efficiency is provided. Provided is a method of producing trihydroxybenzene (THB), the method comprising a step of heating a bacterial culture liquid comprising deoxy-scyllo-inosose (DOI) at a high temperature of no lower than 80° C. to obtain a product solution comprising trihydroxybenzene (THB).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Osamu YOSHIKAWA, Masaki YABE, Mitsufumi WADA, Yusuke ITO, Hideki OUCHI
  • Lubricant oil compositions for automotive gears
    Patent number: 11155768
    Abstract: A lubricant oil composition for automotive gears includes a lubricant base oil including a mineral oil having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 2.0 to 6.5 mm2/s, a viscosity index of not less than 105 and a pour point of not more than ?10° C., and/or a synthetic oil having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 1.0 to 6.5 mm2/s, a viscosity index of not less than 120 and a pour point of not more than ?30° C.; and an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer having an ethylene content of 55 to 85 mol %, a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 10 to 200 mm2/s, a molecular weight distribution of not more than 2.2, and a melting point in the range of ?30° C. to ?60° C. The lubricant oil composition for automotive gears has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 4.0 to 9.0 mm2/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shota Abe, Terufumi Suzuki
  • Stretchable structure, multilayered stretchable sheet, spun yarn, and fiber structure
    Patent number: 11155063
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a stretchable structure that has stretchability together with high stress relaxation properties, and provides fit feeling with less tightening by recovering slowly after stretching. The object is achieved by a stretchable structure having the following characteristics: a tensile permanent set (PS10M) of 1% or more and 50% or less, wherein the tensile permanent set (PS10M) is a value obtained 10 minutes after 150% elongation at a tension rate of 200 mm/minute in accordance with JIS K7127, and a ratio PS1M/PS10M of 1.10 or more, wherein the PS10M is the tensile permanent set obtained 10 minutes after the elongation and the PS1M is the tensile permanent set obtained 1 minute after the elongation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Uekusa, Yoshisada Tamo
  • FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC ELEMENT SUBSTRATE, ORGANIC THIN FILM SOLAR CELL, LAMINATED STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20210328162
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a flexible electronic element substrate comprising a polyimide layer that has both low ultraviolet transmittance and high visible light transmittance and that is capable of suppressing ultraviolet degradation without any reduction in the performance of an electronic element. In order to solve this problem, the flexible electronic element substrate comprises a polyimide layer that satisfies all of (1) through (3) below: (1) maximum transmittance at a wavelength of 400±5 nm is 70% or higher at a thickness of 5 ?m; (2) the b* value in an L*a*b* color system is 5 or less at a thickness of 5 ?m; and (3) transmittance of light at a wavelength of 350 nm is 10% or less at a thickness of 5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicants: RIKEN, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenjiro FUKUDA, Hiroki KIMURA, Takao SOMEYA, Kenichi FUKUKAWA, Masaki OKAZAKI, Tatsuhiro URAKAMI
  • METAL-RESIN COMPOSITE STRUCTURE, METAL MEMBER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF METAL MEMBER
    Publication number: 20210308916
    Abstract: A metal-resin composite structure (106) is formed by bonding a metal member (103) and a resin member (105) formed of a resin composition. A surface roughness measured regarding six linear portions in total including three arbitrary linear portions parallel with each other and another three arbitrary linear portions perpendicular to the former three linear portions on a surface (110) of the metal member (103), based on JIS B0601 (corresponding international standard: ISO4287) satisfies both Requirements (1) and (2). (1) An average value of ten point average roughnesses (Rz) at an evaluated length of 4 mm is smaller than 20 ?m. (2) An average value of mean width of the profile elements (RSm) at an evaluated length of 4 mm is equal to or greater than 20 ?m and smaller than 77 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki KIMURA, Haruka SUGITA, Yoshihiko TOMITA
  • CULTURE MATERIAL AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210309954
    Abstract: A culture material including a 4-methyl-1-pentene polymer for cells, tissues, or organs, the culture material having a water contact angle at a culture surface of 50° to 100°, a sagging distance by a test method described below of 0 to 5 mm, and an oxygen permeation rate at a temperature of 23° C. and a humidity of 0% of 4500 to 90000 cm3/(m2×24 h×atm). A test piece having the same material as the culture material and the same thickness as the culture surface of the culture material and having a flat plate shape of 100 mm long and 10 mm wide is made. The test piece is fixed onto a test board in a state where the test piece protrudes lengthwise in a horizontal direction from a top surface of the test board, the top surface being horizontal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Makoto KIYA, Hiroshi MIYASAKO, Katsutoshi KINOSHITA, Tomoaki MATSUGI, Takashi ODA, Katsuhiro ESASHIKA
  • Pellicle, exposure original plate, exposure device, and semiconductor device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 11137677
    Abstract: A pellicle for EUV exposure that has a high transmittance to EUV light, causes little outgassing, and is not much contaminated, and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A pellicle (100) includes a pellicle film (101); a support frame (103); and a first adhesive layer (109) provided at an end of the support frame, the end being opposite to an end on which the pellicle film is extended. The pellicle further includes an inorganic layer (111) on a side surface of the first adhesive layer, the side surface extending in a direction crossing a surface of the pellicle film, and the pellicle film being extended on the side surface. The inorganic layer has a mass absorption coefficient (?m) in the range of 5×103 cm2/g to 2×105 cm2/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuo Kohmura, Yosuke Ono, Atsushi Okubo, Daiki Taneichi, Hisako Ishikawa, Tsuneaki Biyajima
  • SULFUR-CONTAINING POLYMERIZABLE MONOMER AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210298997
    Abstract: A compound (A) is represented by the formula (1): wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom, R2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom, R3 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Z is a divalent or trivalent organic group, and the lines consisting of a solid line and a broken line bonded to Z represent a single bond or a double bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicants: SUN MEDICAL CO., LTD., MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hideo MATSUMURA, Sayaka MIYAMORI, Takashi YAMAMOTO, Kazuhiko YOSHINAGA, Shigeru MIO, Shinji KIYONO, Hina SUZUKI
  • POLYAMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION WITH HIGH FLUIDITY
    Publication number: 20210301131
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyamide resin composition including 50% to 99% by mass of a polyamide (P) and 1% to 50% by mass of an acid-modified polyolefin (Q) satisfying the following requirements (1) to (3). (1) A melt flow rate (MFR) as measured at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg is 50 to 200 (g/10 min). (2) An acid modification amount is 0.1% to 2.0% by mass. (3) The acid-modified polyolefin (Q) includes a modified product (q1) of an elastomer including 10% to 95% by mole of an ethylene-derived skeleton unit, 0% to 80% by mole of a propylene-derived skeleton unit, and 3% to 40% by mole of a skeleton unit derived from an ?-olefin having 4 to 8 carbon atoms (with a total amount of the ethylene-derived skeleton unit, the propylene-derived skeleton unit, and the skeleton unit derived from an ?-olefin being 100% by mole), the elastomer being modified by maleic acid or an anhydride thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hidetake NAKANO, Tetsuya NAKAMURA, Hirokazu TANAKA
  • Visual function examination system and optical characteristic calculation system
    Patent number: 11129523
    Abstract: An analysis unit determines at least two boundaries by determining; in a coordinate system indicating a correlation between a luminance contrast value between a luminance of an attention portion and a luminance of a background portion, and a luminance average value of a visual target including the attention portion and the background portion; the boundary between a region where a subject has a visibility and a region where the subject does not have the visibility for each combination of stimulus values of a color stimulus of a visual target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: VISUAL TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY INC., MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Nakamura, Sueko Kanaya, Noriaki Asada, Shoko Matsumura, Akinori Nagatomo, Taizo Nishimoto
  • NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION FOR BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY
    Publication number: 20210296703
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a battery, includes: an additive A which is at least one selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the following Formula (A); an additive B which is at least one selected from the group consisting of lithium monofluorophosphate and lithium difluorophosphate; and an additive C which is at least one selected from the group consisting of compounds containing a sulfur-oxygen bond. In Formula (A), R1 represents a fluorine atom, or a fluorinated hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and each of R2 to R4 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a fluorinated hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kei SUGAWARA, Satoko FUJIYAMA, Hitoshi ONISHI
  • Antireflective Laminate
    Publication number: 20210284862
    Abstract: Provided is a laminate that includes a water absorbing layer (B), an antireflective function-imparting layer (C) and a hydrophilic layer (A) provided in this order on a substrate, wherein the hydrophilic layer (A) is formed of a crosslinked resin having an anionic, cationic or nonionic hydrophilic group, and has a gradient of hydrophilic groups (intensity of hydrophilic group on surface of the hydrophilic layer (A)/intensity of hydrophilic group at ½ of thickness of the hydrophilic layer (A)) of not less than 1.1; the water absorbing layer (B) is formed of a crosslinked resin having a water absorption rate per unit mass (g) of in the range of 5 to 500 wt %; and the refractive index of a layer forming the layer (C) satisfies a specific condition. The laminate can provide higher antifogging properties and antireflective properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicants: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Chemat Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki HANAWA, Koju OKAZAKI, Kaoru OHSHIMIZU, Motoharu OIKI, Ken TAKAMATSU, Haixing ZHENG
  • Dental polymerizable monomers, compositions, adhesive dental materials and kits
    Patent number: 11110038
    Abstract: A dental adhesive curable composition containing a polymerizable monomer including a polymerizable monomer represented by formula (1?) and defined amounts of an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer, a polymerization initiator containing a peroxide and a photopolymerization initiator, and a reductant containing a sulfinic acid compound and/or a salt thereof, and a filler: wherein the R groups, n and m are defined. A dental adhesive curable kit and a mobile tooth fixing material are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., SUN MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshinaga, Yoshimitsu Tanabe, Shinsuke Kinoshita, Takenori Mitamura, Hiroki Murai, Takeshi Yokoyama, Yoshihisa Kamimoto, Tatsuya Ori, Hirohisa Shimizu, Masami Arata, Masuji Tsuchikawa, Sayaka Miyamori, Yoshiaki Katsura
  • Mutant nitrile hydratase, nucleic acid coding said mutant nitrile hydratase, expression vector and transformant including said nucleic acid, production method for said mutant nitrile hydratase, and production method for amide compound
    Patent number: 11098299
    Abstract: A mutant nitrile hydratase that is derived from Pseudonocardia thermophila and has an ? subunit and a ? subunit, wherein a specific amino acid residue has been substituted for the amino acid residue in at least one position selected from the group consisting of the 40th and 43rd residues from the N terminal of the ? subunit, and the 205th, 206th, and 215th residues from the N terminal of the ? subunit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Tateno, Junko Tokuda, Keiichirou Kai
  • Piezoelectric substrate, sensor, actuator, biological information acquisition device, and piezoelectric fiber structure
    Patent number: 11101427
    Abstract: Provided is a piezoelectric substrate, containing an elongate piezoelectric body that is helically wound, in which the piezoelectric body includes an optically active polypeptide, a length direction of the piezoelectric body and a main orientation direction of the optically active polypeptide included in the piezoelectric body are substantially parallel to each other, and the piezoelectric body has a degree of orientation F of from 0.50 to less than 1.00, as determined from X-ray diffraction measurement by the following Formula (a): Degree of orientation F=(180°??)/180°??(a) in Formula (a), ? represents a half width (°) of a peak derived from orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Mitsunobu Yoshida, Katsuki Onishi
  • Battery charger for electronic eyeglasses
    Patent number: D936133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hortense Desodt, Thomas Overthun