Patents Assigned to Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20240191068
    Abstract: An ethylene resin composition (Z) including an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer (A) satisfying requirements (1) to (4) and an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer (B) satisfying requirements (a) to (c): (1) a density of 890 to 935 kg/m3, (2) MFR (190° C., a load of 2.16 kg) of 0.1 g/10 min or more and less than 3.0 g/10 min, (3) MT (melt tension)/?* (shear viscosity) of 1.20×10?4 to 2.90×10?4 g/P, and (4) 0.01×10?13×Mw3.4??0 (zero-shear viscosity)?3.5×10?13×Mw3.4, (a) a density of 890 to 930 kg/m3, (b) MFR (190° C., a load of 2.16 kg) of 0.1 to 10 g/10 min, and (c) 1.90×10?4×Mw0.776?[?]?2.80×10?4×MW0.776.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., PRIME POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya MATSUBARA, Kazuki HATO, Shuhei TATSUMI, Naoya TAMURA, Youichi TANAKA, Chihiro KENGOYAMA, Yudai UEMATSU, Shota YOSHINO, Yuta TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240191067
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To provide an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer that is excellent in formability and particularly excellent in mechanical strength compared to conventional ones. [Solution] A copolymer of ethylene and one or more ?-olefins having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, satisfying the following requirements (1) to (7): (1) the density is 890 to 925 kg/m3; (2) MFR (190° C., 2.16 kg load) is 3.0 to 15.0 g/10 min; (3) MT (melt tension)/?* (shear viscosity) is 1.40×10?4 to 2.90×10?4 g/P; (4) 0.01×10?13×Mw3.4??0 (zero shear viscosity)?4.5×10?13×Mw3.4; (5) ?2.0?Mz/Mw?Mw/Mn?15; (6) the number of vinyls and others is 0.1 to 1.0/1000 C; and (7) a plurality of peaks is present in a melting curve of DSC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., PRIME POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya MATSUBARA, Kazuki HATO, Shuhei TATSUMI, Keisuke TAKAICHI, Naoya TAMURA, Youichi TANAKA, Chihiro KENGOYAMA, Yudai UEMATSU, Shota YOSHINO, Yuta TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240191011
    Abstract: To provide an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer capable of producing a shaped article (in particular, a film) having excellent mechanical strength and well-balanced transparency and blocking resistance with excellent formability. A copolymer of ethylene and one or more ?-olefins having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, the copolymer satisfying the following requirements (1) to (6): (1) Density of 890 to 925 kg/m3; (2) MFR (190° C., 2.16 kg load) of 0.1 g/10 minutes or more and less than 3.0 g/10 minutes; (3) MT (melt tension)/?* (shear viscosity) of 1.20×10?4 to 2.90×10?4 g/P; (4) 0.01×10?13×Mw3.4??0 (zero shear viscosity)?3.5×10?13×Mw3.4; (5) ?7.0?Mz/Mw ?Mw/Mn?2.0; (6) Multiple peaks in melting curve of DSC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., PRIME POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya MATSUBARA, Kazuki HATO, Naoya TAMURA, Youichi TANAKA, Chihiro KENGOYAMA, Yudai UEMATSU, Shota YOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20240192585
    Abstract: A pellicle includes a support frame having an opening, and a pellicle film. The pellicle film has a self-supporting film region covering an opening. The self-supporting film region contains an exposing region and a peripheral border region surrounding the exposing region. The peripheral border region contains a thick film portion having a thicker film thickness than a film thickness of the exposing region. The pellicle satisfies the following (i) or (ii): (i) the support frame is a rectangular frame, and the thick film portion is at least located in a pair of predetermined longer side regions, in the peripheral border region; and (ii) the support frame is a square frame, and the thick film portion is at least located in a pair of predetermined first center regions and a pair of predetermined second center regions, in the peripheral border region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Yousuke ONO
  • Patent number: 12006382
    Abstract: A (meth)acrylate includes a reaction product of a thiol compound containing two or more thiol groups, and a (meth)acrylate compound containing two or more (meth)acryloyloxy groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Kakinuma, Eri Koizumi
  • Patent number: 12007410
    Abstract: A sheet connector according to the present invention has: a first insulating layer having a first surface positioned on one side in the thickness direction, a second surface positioned on the other side, and a plurality of first through-holes passing through between the first surface and the second surface; and a plurality of first conductive layers arranged on the inner wall surfaces of the first through-holes. First ends of the first conductive layers on the first surface side project from the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsunori Nishiura, Taichi Koyama, Daisuke Yamada
  • Publication number: 20240182699
    Abstract: An ethylene-based polymer (X) formed by graft modification of an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (A) satisfying requirements with a polar compound: (A-i) a content of a structural unit (a) derived from ethylene is 51 to 99 mol %, and a content of a structural unit (b) derived from an ?-olefin having 5 to 20 carbon atoms is within a range of 1 to 49 mol % [provided that (a) and (b) equal 100 mol %]; (A-ii) a density is within a range of 0.850 to 0.875 g/cm3; (A-iii) a melt flow rate (MFR) at 190° C. and at a load of 2.16 kg is within a range of 0.1 to 25 g/10 min; and (A-iv) a sum of the numbers of a vinyl-type double bond, a vinylidene-type double bond, a disubstituted olefin-type double bond and a trisubstituted olefin-type double bond per 1000 carbon atoms obtained by 1H-NMR is 0.16 to 1.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Fumihiko KOKIDO, Shuhei NOZAKI, Naoya KUBOTA, Tetsuya NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240182645
    Abstract: This poly(amic acid) composition contains a poly(amic acid). Aromatic monomers account for 95 mol % or more of all monomers that constitute the poly(amic acid). The aromatic monomers include 40-95 mol % of a monomer (A) having a prescribed diphenyl ether skeleton, 0-60 mol % of a monomer (B) having a benzophenone skeleton and 0-60 mol % of a monomer (C) having a biphenyl skeleton, each relative to the total amount of monomers. The monomer (A) having a diphenyl ether skeleton includes 20 mol % or more of a monomer (A-1) having at least three aromatic rings relative to the total amount of monomers. The diamine/tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride molar ratio is 0.90-0.999.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki OKAZAKI, Ko TAKASE, Tatsuhiro URAKAMI, Yoshihiro SAKATA
  • Publication number: 20240186580
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium (N-carbonyl)sulfonamide compound represented by the following Formula (I). In Formula (I), R1 and R2 each represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or an aryl group, and L1 and L2 each represent a single bond or —O—, with a proviso that a case in which L1 and L2 are both single bonds are excluded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Teruhiko KUBO, Shigeru MIO, Yusuke SHIMIZU, Yurika OJI, Masahiro SUGURO
  • Publication number: 20240182765
    Abstract: The polyamic acid composition according to the present disclosure comprises a polyamic acid. The monomers constituting the polyamic acid include, relative to the total monomers, 30-95 mol % of monomer (A) that has a diphenyl ether skeleton represented by general formula (1) or (2) but no benzophenone skeleton, and 0-5 mol % of monomer (B) that has a benzophenone skeleton. The diamines constituting the polyamic acid include aromatic diamine (?1) that has a diphenyl ether skeleton represented by general formula (2) and aliphatic diamine (?2) represented by general formula (3) or (4), and the molar ratio b/a of the diamines b to tetracarboxylic dianhydride a constituting the polyamic acid is 0.90-0.999.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Masaki OKAZAKI, Ko TAKASE, Tatsuhiro URAKAMI, Yoshihiro SAKATA
  • Patent number: 12004304
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a printed wiring board that effectively suppresses pattern failure and is also excellent in fine circuit forming properties. This method includes: providing an insulating substrate including a roughened surface; performing electroless plating on the roughened surface of the insulating substrate to form an electroless plating layer less than 1.0 ?m thick having a surface having an arithmetic mean waviness Wa of 0.10 ?m or more and 0.25 ?m or less as measured in accordance with JIS B0601-2001 and a kurtosis Sku of 2.0 or more and 3.5 or less as measured in accordance with ISO 25178; laminating a photoresist on the surface of the electroless plating layer; performing exposure and development to form a resist pattern; applying electroplating to the electroless plating layer; stripping the resist pattern; and etching away an unnecessary portion of the electroless plating layer to form a wiring pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Shimizu, Hiroto Iida, Misato Mizoguchi, Akitoshi Takanashi, Makoto Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 12003235
    Abstract: A light, flexible, and tough thin film having high total light transmittance that can be formed on various three dimensional shapes, and also provides a stably driven tactile sensor, which is an electronic device having the switching function thereof, is provided. The tactile sensor is formed on a polyimide thin film having high total light transmittance, thermal resistance, and a polar component of surface free energy with a specific value, and has a switching device that emits a voltage signal which, through an electronic circuit for controlling noise, stably drives another device. This tactile sensor has a curved or flat surface and has a first electrode, a ferroelectric layer, and a second electrode formed over the polyimide thin film. The switching device as a tactile sensor can drive another device merely by a light touch with a finger, and can be manufactured at a high non-defective rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jun Okabe, Tadahiro Sunaga, Shizuo Tokito, Tomohito Sekine
  • Publication number: 20240173895
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin having an array of reinforcing fibers oriented in one direction, the device making it possible, with a comparatively simple configuration, to connect earlier and later reinforcing fibers to each other when switching the reinforcing fibers, is provided. The device having an array of reinforcing fibers oriented in one direction according to the present invention comprises: an impregnation unit that impregnates reinforcing fibers with a resin; and a switching device that, when the reinforcing fibers to be impregnated are changed to new fibers, connects the newly fed reinforcing fibers to the previously fed reinforcing fibers. When switching the reinforcing fibers, the device connects the new reinforcing fiber to the preceding reinforcing fiber by forming a bonded body in which the preceding reinforcing fibers and the new reinforcing fibers are bonded by fusing a melted second resin in a form of a thin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Masahiro YANO, Atsushi MIYATA
  • Publication number: 20240175162
    Abstract: Provided is a roughened copper foil capable of achieving both excellent transmission characteristics and suppression of powdering. This roughened copper foil includes a roughened surface on at least one side. The roughened surface has a roughness slope tan ? of 0.58 or less as calculated based on a mean height Rc (?m) and a mean width RSm (?m) of profile elements by formula Rc/(0.5×RSm), and a sharpness index Rc×Sku of 2.35 or less that is a product of the mean height Rc (?m) and a kurtosis Sku. Rc and RSm are values measured in accordance with JIS B0601-2013 under a condition of not performing a cutoff by a cutoff value ?s and a cutoff value ?c, and Sku is a value measured in accordance with ISO 25178 under a condition of not performing a cutoff using an S filter and an L filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayumu TATEOKA, Tsubasa KATO, Shota KAWAGUCHI, Po Chun YANG
  • Publication number: 20240173214
    Abstract: Provided is a composition which contains a urethane (meth)acrylate, and at least one selected from the group consisting of 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate and hydroxypropyl acrylate, in which at least one of the following (1) or (2) is satisfied: (1) a content of 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate is 10,000 ppm by mass or less with respect to a total mass of the composition; (2) a content of hydroxypropyl acrylate is 25,000 ppm by mass or less with respect to the total mass of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki MURAI, Toshikazu SAKAMAKI, Mai KIMURA, Suguru ENDO
  • Publication number: 20240176164
    Abstract: An optical element, in which Stim (ipRGC) represented by Formula 1 is from 10.0 to 68.0. In Formula 1, RID65 (?) is a spectral irradiance of illuminant D65, ? (?) is a spectral transmittance of the optical element, and Smel (?) is a sensitivity function of ipRGCs obtained by converting a sensitivity function of ipRGCs described in CIE S/026E: 2018 such that a maximum sensitivity thereof is identical to a maximum sensitivity of a z bar (?) in CIE 1931 color-matching functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Manami TAKENAKA, Nobuo KAWATO
  • Publication number: 20240178437
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous secondary battery including: a nonaqueous electrolyte solution that contains a compound (A) represented by the following Formula (I); a positive electrode that contains a positive electrode active material containing a compound (B) represented by the following Formula (II); and a negative electrode. The content of the compound (A) is more than 0% by mass but less than 1.0% by mass with respect to a total amount of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution. In Formula (I), X+ represents a hydrogen ion, a lithium ion, a sodium ion, or a potassium ion. In Formula (II), 0.1?a<1.3, 0.1<(1-b-c)<1.0, 0<b<0.6, and 0<c<0.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Masahiro SUGURO, Yurika OJI, Yusuke SHIMIZU, Teruhiko KUBO, Shigeru MIO, Hidenobu NOGI
  • Publication number: 20240172562
    Abstract: A piezoelectric base material includes an elongated inner conductor, and a piezoelectric layer covering a periphery of the inner conductor. The piezoelectric layer includes a piezoelectric yarn wound around the inner conductor, and an adhering section that maintains a state in which the piezoelectric yarn is wound around the periphery of the inner conductor. The piezoelectric yarn includes an optically active polypeptide fiber that is a fiber including an optically active polypeptide. The piezoelectric layer has an elastic modulus Y of from 1.0 GPa to 8.0 GPa as measured by a microhardness measurement in accordance with JIS Z 2255.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro MARUKO, Shigetaka HORI, Katsutoshi OZAKI, Shunya MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20240166856
    Abstract: A resin composition, wherein the content of a propylene-based polymer (A) satisfying a predetermined requirement is 10 to 99.9 parts by mass, the content of a propylene-based polymer (B) satisfying a predetermined requirement is 0 to 40 parts by mass, the content of a polyolefin (C) containing structural units derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or a derivative thereof is 0.1 to 20 parts by mass, and the content of an ethylene-based polymer (D) satisfying a predetermined requirement is 0 to 40 parts by mass, provided that the total content of components (A), (B), (C) and (D) is 100 parts by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Koya YOSHIMOTO, Yuhei IZAIKE
  • Publication number: 20240166854
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition including 100 parts by mass of a block copolymer containing a polymer block (X) having an aromatic vinyl compound as a main component and a polymer block (Y) having a conjugated diene compound as a main component, or a hydrogenated product thereof (A); 1 to 400 parts by mass of an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (B) satisfying the following requirements (b-1) to (b-3); and 0 to 200 parts by mass of a polyolefin-based resin (C) satisfying the following requirement (c-1), (b-1) a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. is 5 to 5,000 mm2/s and a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. is 50 to 100,000 mm2/s, (b-2) a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is 1,000 to 30,000, (b-3) a content ratio of ethylene structural units is 15 to 85 mol %, and (c-1) MFR (230° C. and 2.16 kg) is 0.1 to 500 g/10 min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yuto YOSHIDA, Terufumi SUZUKI, Shota ABE