Patents Assigned to Mitsui
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SUGAR CRYSTAL-CONTAINING LIQUID
    Publication number: 20160369358
    Abstract: PURPOSE: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a sugar crystal-containing liquid with good reproducibility, wherein crystallization is enhanced, it is unnecessary to add seed crystals which may affect the number of grains and a size of the crystals, and graining conditions are stable. CONSTITUTION: The present invention is a method for producing a sugar crystal-containing liquid, wherein the method comprises steps of preparing a liquid supersaturated with sugar; and applying a shearing force to the liquid, characterized in that the step of applying the shearing force comprises exerting a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure on the liquid to make the liquid pass through a narrow space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI SUGAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro OKUNO, Hisanori NAKAJIMA
  • LAMINATE, PACKAGING MATERIAL USING THE SAME AND PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160369401
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a laminate having sufficient delamination prevention performance and simultaneously having an inorganic layer surface imparted with brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kyoko KOBAYASHI, Yuji SAWADA, Hiroshi HOYA
  • Method for manufacturing over-lithiated layered lithium metal composite oxide
    Patent number: 9525173
    Abstract: A positive electrode material for a lithium-ion cell, comprising an over-lithiated layered lithium metal composite oxide that provides the positive electrode material for a lithium-ion cell. Also, a method for manufacturing an over-lithiated layered lithium metal composite oxide represented by the general formula Li1+xM1?xO2, where x is 0.10 or more and 0.33 or less, and M includes Mn and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Al, Mg, Ti, Fe and Nb, wherein the method includes a step of mixing a lithium metal composite oxide represented by the general formula Li1+xM1?xO2, where x is ?0.15 to 0.15, and M includes Mn and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Al, Mg, Ti, Fe and Nb, with a lithium compound to obtain a mixture and calcining the mixture to obtain the over-lithiated layered lithium metal composite oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Kagei, Tsukasa Takahashi, Kyohei Yamaguchi, Yoshimi Hata
  • Vehicle door latch device
    Patent number: 9518409
    Abstract: A vehicle door latch device which comprises a body having a holding portion, an engagement member pivotally mounted in the holding portion, a cover member closing an opening of the holding portion, and a shaft comprising a shank which passes through a bearing hole of the body and a shank hole of the engagement member, a retaining head and a smaller-diameter shank. The shank passes through the shank hole of the engagement member and the smaller-diameter shank is pressingly fitted in the shank hole of the cover member without swaging the end of the smaller-diameter shank thereby assembling the vehicle door latch device more efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoji Shimura, Tomoharu Nagaoka
  • Solar cell module
    Patent number: 9520518
    Abstract: Provided is a solar cell module wherein a rear surface protective sheet has excellent long-term durability, and transmissivity of ultraviolet that reaches the solar cell is retained for a long time. This solar cell module is configured by laminating a front surface protective sheet, a light receiving-side sealing sheet, a solar cell element, a rear surface-side sealing sheet, and a rear surface protective sheet in this order. The solar cell module is characterized in that the light receiving-side sealing sheet has a transmissivity of 50% or more with respect to light having a wavelength of 300 nm, and the rear surface-side sealing sheet contains a reactive ultraviolet absorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventor: Takanobu Murofushi
  • Production method for laminated iron core
    Patent number: 9520761
    Abstract: A production method for the laminated iron core includes a first process that segment iron core pieces which respectively have circular arc angles obtained by dividing 360° as an angle of circumference into m are separated from a belt shaped iron core material and mounted on a mount base, the segment iron core pieces are carried to a laminating position of a rotary laminating mechanism by a pusher and the rotary laminating mechanism including the carried segment iron core piece therein is rotated by 360°/m and a second process that the first process is repeated to form an annularly connected iron core piece in which the segment iron core pieces are annularly arranged. The second process is repeated to form a caulked and laminated iron core having a prescribed thickness. During the second process, the segment iron core pieces are caulked and laminated in the rotary laminating mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsubayashi, Yukio Matsunaga, Iwao Myojin
  • Method of resin-sealing laminated core
    Patent number: 9520218
    Abstract: A method of resin-sealing for a laminated core includes the steps of: holding by sandwiching a core body 11 between a resin injection mold 20 and a supporting mold 21; extruding a molten resin using a plunger 37 from a resin reservoir pot 24 provided in the resin injection mold 20; and resin-sealing the permanent magnets 18 in the magnet insertion holes 16 and 17, wherein a material of the resin reservoir pot 24 of the resin injection mold 20 and a region through which the resin passes from the resin reservoir pot 24 is a superhard material, and wear in the resin injection mold 20 due to a flow of the resin is reduced. With this, a gap between the resin reservoir pot 24 and the resin injection mold 20 due to a difference in thermal expansion is less easily produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventor: Hirotoshi Mabu
  • GRAFT-MODIFIED PROPYLENE ALPHA-OLEFIN COPOLYMERS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160355628
    Abstract: A graft-modified propylene.?-olefin copolymer (A) is obtained by graft-reacting a polar monomer onto a propylene.?-olefin copolymer (a) including 50 to 90 mol % of propylene-derived structural units (C3) and 10 to 50 mol % of C4-8 ?-olefin-derived structural units (C?) (wherein the total of the structural units C3 and C? is 100 mol %), and satisfies the following requirements (i) to (iv) at the same time: (i) the amount of the polar monomer grafted is 0.4 to 1.5 wt %, (ii) the content of the polar monomer is not more than 1000 ppm, (iii) the content of a gel insoluble in xylene at 140° C. is not more than 2.5 wt %, and (iv) the content of a volatile hydrocarbon compound is not more than 10 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koya YOSHIMOTO, Hidetake NAKANO, Tetsuya NAKAMURA
  • COPPER CLAD LAMINATE PROVIDED WITH PROTECTIVE LAYER AND MULTILAYERED PRINTED WIRING BOARD
    Publication number: 20160360624
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a multilayered printed wiring board provided with split through holes excellent in through-hole formability and co-planarity in inner layer wirings around through holes for providing of a conduction isolation portion. To achieve the object, “a copper clad laminate provided with a protective layer for manufacturing of a printed wiring board having a conduction isolation portion electrically isolating a through hole, the copper clad laminate is characterized in that the copper clad laminate is provided with a protective layer on the surface that can be released after forming of the through holes for providing of a conduction isolation portion and filling of the through holes for providing of a conduction isolation portion by a plating resist” is employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fujio KUWAKO, Toshifumi MATSUSHIMA, Toshihiro HOSOI, Ayumu TATEOKA
  • APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING LAMINATED IRON CORE AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING LAMINATED IRON CORE
    Publication number: 20160356672
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for inspecting a laminated iron core in which a plurality of iron core pieces are laminated. The apparatus includes an insertion jig being movable in a lamination direction of the laminated iron core along an inspection side surface of the laminated iron core while having a gap between the insertion jig and the inspection side surface of the laminated iron core, and a detecting sensor provided on the insertion jig and detecting a contact of the moving insertion jig with a projection which occurs on the inspection side surface of the laminated iron core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi MATSUBAYASHI, Jin ODA, Masumori TOYONAGA
  • AQUEOUS PASTE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, ELECTRODE PLATE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL OBTAINED BY APPLYING THE AQUEOUS PASTE, AND BATTERY COMPRISING THE ELECTRODE PLATE
    Publication number: 20160359169
    Abstract: The aqueous paste for an electrochemical cell of the present invention comprises an aqueous dispersion for an electrochemical cell that comprises an olefin copolymer (a); an active material; and a conductive assistant, wherein the olefin copolymer (a) has a weight average molecular weight of not less than 50,000 and is at least one kind selected from a random propylene copolymer (a-1) containing 50% by weight to less than 85% by weight of a structural unit derived from propylene; an acid-modified random propylene copolymer (a-2) obtained by modifying the copolymer (a-1) with an acid; and an ethylene-(meth)acrylic acid copolymer (a-3) containing 5% by weight to less than 25% by weight of a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicants: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Gen MIYATA, Akinori ETOH, Takehito MITATE, Naoto NISHIMURA, Takahiro MATSUYAMA, Syumpei NISHINAKA
  • ETHYLENE/ALPHA-OLEFIN/NON-CONJUGATED POLYENE COPOLYMER, AND PRODUCTION PROCESS AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160355622
    Abstract: A novel ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer comprising structural units derived from ethylene (A), an ?-olefin (B) of 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and a non-conjugated polyene (C) containing intramolecularly two or more partial structures in total selected from the group consisting of structures of Formulae (I) and (II), and having a small number of long-chain branches, The novel ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer contains a non-conjugated polyene such as VNB as a copolymerization component and a small long-chain branch content and is excellent in curing properties in the case of crosslinking using peroxide; and a process for producing the ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer, and a use thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kotaro ICHINO, Yoshiharu KIKUCHI, Yasushi TOHI, Tomoaki MATSUGI, Yasushi YANAGIMOTO, Mitsunao ARINO, Keisuke SHISHIDO, Mikio HOSOYA
  • Method for producing xylylene diisocyanate and system for producing xylylene diisocyanate
    Patent number: 9512067
    Abstract: A method for producing xylylene diisocyanate includes a thermal decomposition step of thermally decomposing xylylene dicarbamate; a first separation step of separating, from the thermal decomposition product obtained in the thermal decomposition step, an isocyanate-containing component containing xylylene diisocyanate as a main component and an alcohol-containing component containing alcohol as a main component and containing xylylene diisocyanate as a subcomponent; a second separation step of separating xylylene dicarbamate and alcohol from the alcohol-containing component obtained in the first separation step; and a returning step of returning xylylene dicarbamate obtained in the second separation step to the thermal decomposition step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koji Takamatsu, Hideki Sone, Masaaki Sasaki
  • Hydrophilic film
    Patent number: 9512034
    Abstract: A hydrophilic film that has high adhesion to inorganic materials and is safer and excellent in transparency and also exhibits both very high hydrophilicity and abrasion resistance, and a laminate including the hydrophilic film. The hydrophilic film is produced by applying a specific hydrophilic compound (c) having an acryloyl group and a potassium sulfonate group or the like to a surface of a layer formed from a mixture containing a silane compound (a) including one silicon atom, a mercapto group or the like, and at least one silicon-bonded group, and a silane compound (b) including at least four silicon-bonded groups and not including groups reactive with a carbon-carbon double bond, and allowing a reaction between at least a part of acryloyl groups contained in the hydrophilic compound (c) and at least a part of mercapto groups derived from the compound (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koju Okazaki, Noboru Kawasaki
  • Reinforced porous metal foil and process for production thereof
    Patent number: 9512527
    Abstract: A reinforced porous metal foil is provided including a porous portion comprising a two-dimensional network structure composed of a metal fiber and a reinforced portion which is substantially non-porous or less porous than the porous portion. The reinforced portion is composed of the same metal the metal fiber and is continuous and integral with the porous portion. Accordingly, it possible to provide a porous metal foil having superior properties at a low cost in a highly productive manner that is also suitable for continuous production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Matsunaga, Joe Nishikawa, Hajime Watanabe
  • Method of producing iron core and apparatus for producing iron core
    Patent number: 9511405
    Abstract: An iron core-producing method of the invention includes at least the step of blanking an iron core T from a strip W in such a manner that a longitudinal direction of the substantially linear iron core T is inclined relative to a direction of a width of the strip W. An iron core-producing apparatus of the invention for blanking a substantially linear iron core T from a strip W includes at least a punch disposed such that its longitudinal direction is inclined relative to a direction of a width of the strip W, and a die 13 which is provided beneath the punch, and is disposed such that its longitudinal direction is inclined relative to the direction of the width of the strip W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Yukinori Oba, Takahiro Shimizu
  • Method of producing iron core
    Patent number: 9511406
    Abstract: An iron-core producing method is provided that blanks iron cores from an iron strip by guiding the iron strip sequentially through an iron core-producing apparatus having a plurality of workstations. The method includes guiding, by a guide, the iron strip to a first workstation having a punch that intrudes into caulking portion-forming holes, and simultaneously forming, by the first workstation, first plural sets of caulking portions at a predetermined pitch in the iron strip. The method also includes guiding the iron strip from the first workstation to a second workstation within the iron-core producing apparatus, and forming, by the second workstation, a first iron core from the iron strip by blanking, such that tooth portions of the first iron core are disposed at lower sides of respective yoke portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Yukinori Oba, Takahiro Shimizu
  • Dental material, dental material composition, dental restorative material, and cured product
    Patent number: 9511004
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dental material, a dental material composition and a dental restorative material that exhibit small polymerization shrinkage particularly during curing and are producible at low cost on the industrial scale. The dental material of the present invention includes a specific urethane (meth)acrylic compound represented by Formula (1) described below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., SUN MEDICAL CO., LTD., SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Naruse, Yoshimitsu Tanabe, Osamu Kohgo, Masataka Miyasato, Hideyuki Ueki, Chidzuru Inami, Shunsuke Miyata
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATED CORE
    Publication number: 20160352198
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated core includes inserting permanent magnets 14 into magnet insertion holes 12, 12a of a core body 13; injecting a resin 18 into the holes 12, 12a from resin reservoir pots 17 in the die 15 (16) to fix the magnets 14; placing a dummy plate 19 between the die 15 having the pots 17 and the body 13, the plate 19 having gate holes 35, 35a guiding the resin 18 from the pots 17 into the holes 12, 12a, the hole 35 (35a) overlapping with both of a part of the hole 12 (12a) and a surface of the body 13; poring the resin 18 via the holes 35, 35a and curing the resin 18 in the holes 12, 12a; and separating the plate 19 from the body 13 to remove the resin 18 overflowed from the holes 12, 12a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi Hirayama, Kento Aono, Naoki Isomura
  • ETHYLENE ALPHA-OLEFIN NON-CONJUGATED POLYENE COPOLYMER, USE THEREOF, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160347894
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain an ethylene•?-olefin•non-conjugated polyene copolymer that has a low permanent compression set at low temperatures, is flexible, and has an excellent balance of rubber elasticity at low temperatures and tensile strength at normal temperatures. This ethylene-based polymer is an ethylene•?-olefin•non-conjugated polyene copolymer that includes units derived from ethylene (A), units derived from an ?-olefin (B) containing 4-20 carbon atoms, and units derived from a non-conjugated polyene (C) and satisfies (1)-(4). (1) The molar ratio of (A) to (B) is 40/60-90/10, (2) the contained amount of the units derived from (C) is 0.1-6.0 mol %, (3) ML(1+4)125° C. is 5-100, and (4) the B value is 1.20 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koji ENDO, Mayumi HIWARA, Sadahiko MATSUURA, Yusuke MIZOBUCHI, Yuichi YAMAMURA, Yuji NOGUCHI, Yuji ISHII, Tatsuya SAKAI, Keisuke SHISHIDO, Kotaro ICHINO, Kiyohide INOMATA, Fumito TAKEUCHI, Kenta IDE