Patents Assigned to Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7471502
    Abstract: Electrical storage devices having excellent low-temperature properties can be obtained by using a quaternary salt (or ionic liquid) of general formula (1) below as an electrolyte salt for electrical storage devices or a liquid electrolyte for electrical storage devices. In formula (1), R1 to R4 are each independently an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbons or an alkoxyalkyl group of the formula R?—O—(CH2)n—, with the proviso that at least one group from among R1 to R4 is the above alkoxyalkyl group. X is a nitrogen or phosphorus atom, and Y is a monovalent anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takaya Sato, Gen Masuda, Ryutaro Nozu, Tatsuya Maruo
  • Publication number: 20080298043
    Abstract: To provide the solar simulator that facilitates making the flash light emitted from the lamp into the desirable irradiance waveform. In the solar simulator 1, the controller 12, according to the control pattern preset to maintain the flash light F emitted from the xenon lamp 14 at the target irradiance for a certain period of time, controls the electric current, which is discharged from the condenser assembly 26 and flowing through the xenon lamp 14, by performing the switching drive on the power switching element 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Shimotomai, Yoshihiro Shinohara, Katsummi Irie, Osamu Honaga
  • Patent number: 7434668
    Abstract: A brake cable connecting apparatus that prevents a connecting pin from falling out, and whereby it is unnecessary to adjust the insertion depth of the connecting pin. The brake cable connecting apparatus comprises a regulating projection in the strut to prevent over-insertion of a connecting pin. A cable connecting groove is formed in the plate-like brake lever and is supported on the strut by the two facing surface walls. Two resilient members are deformed to allow the connecting pin to move into a cable connecting groove if an inner cable is pulled to insert the connecting pin laterally bridged between two facing plates of the clevis of the brake cable. Further, a cable disengagement restriction portion prevents passage of the connecting pin if the connecting pin may potentially fall out from the cable connecting groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Masami Fujiyama
  • Publication number: 20080230117
    Abstract: A photovoltaic cell holder to hold a photovoltaic cell and interconnectors for soldering the interconnectors to top and bottom surfaces of the photovoltaic cell has an upper holder and a lower holder. The upper holder includes an upper retainer to press the interconnectors against the top surface of the cell. The upper retainer includes multiple elastic stick-shaped members and one or more flange parts provided at one end of the stick-shaped members. The lower holder includes one or more bar-shaped lower supports to support the interconnectors against the bottom surface of the cell. The lower supports extend parallel to the interconnectors, and a surface of each lower support that contacts the interconnectors has either a groove or a hole. The photovoltaic cell holder holds the interconnectors tightly over substantially all areas to provide uniform welding quality while allowing flux gas to escape to prevent the cell from bending during soldering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Manabu Katayama, Hikaru Ichimura
  • Patent number: 7426103
    Abstract: An electric double layer capacitor is configured as follows. A changeover switch is connected to a positive electrode of the electric double layer capacitor, a power supply or electric load is connected to a terminal a of the changeover switch, and an auxiliary electrode is connected to a terminal b thereof through a resistor. The changeover switch is being switched to the terminal a, and discharge and charge of the electric double layer capacitor are repeated. When a discharge capacity becomes equal to or less than a lower limit threshold or an internal resistance becomes equal to or more than an upper limit threshold, the changeover switch is switched to the terminal b from the terminal a to make a channel between the positive electrode and the auxiliary electrode be a closed circuit through the resistor, and resistance discharge is conducted from the positive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryutaro Nozu, Mami Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7416476
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for grinding a brake pad forms inclined faces at both ends of the brake pad through a single route of movement and no grinding limit quantity is involved whether boundary lines are parallel with each other or not. The apparatus includes: a fixing portion 11 for fixing a brake pad 3; a rotary whetstone 21 having a rotation axis parallel to a friction face 3a of the brake pad 3, a grinding face of which a distance to the rotation axis increases gradually or in a plurality of steps in one direction of the rotation axis, and another grinding face of which a distance to the rotation axis decreases gradually or in a plurality of steps in the one direction of the rotation axis; and a transporter 10 for moving one of the brake pad and the rotary whetstone in relation to each other in a intersecting direction to the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc
    Inventors: Kozo Yokoyama, Ryoichi Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 7417845
    Abstract: A positive side terminal electrode and a negative side terminal electrode which are exposed to the exterior of a resin enclosure pass through a positive side opening and a negative side opening formed on the enclosure, respectively, and are connected to a positive side electrode and a negative side electrode, respectively, of an electric double-layer capacitor put away in the interior of the enclosure. The positive side terminal electrode is thermally welded to inner surfaces of the positive side opening over the entire periphery thereof, and the negative side terminal electrode is thermally welded to inner surfaces of the negative side opening over the entire periphery thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignees: Japan Radio Co., Ltd., Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoji Higashi, Ryutaro Nozu
  • Patent number: 7411408
    Abstract: This invention provides a solar simulator measurement method capable of high-accuracy measurements with fast-response photovoltaic devices as well as with slow-response photovoltaic devices, and a solar simulator for implementing the method. A flash having a pulse waveform with a flattened peak is generated from a xenon lamp. The flash is sensed by an irradiance detector, its irradiance measured, and the irradiance of the light source is adjusted to fall within a prescribed narrow range based on the detected irradiance value. Then, the flash with irradiance within the prescribed range irradiates photovoltaic devices under measurement, and the current and the voltage output by the photovoltaic devices are measured at multiple points while a load of the photovoltaic devices is controlled. This process is repeated with multiple flashes to obtain an I-V curve for the photovoltaic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Shimotomai, Yoshihiro Shinohara
  • Patent number: 7397650
    Abstract: An electric double layer capacitor uses a multi-layer electrode structure, which has a plurality of electrode layers composed of a binder and an electrode material and coated on a current-collecting member, each of the electrode layers including a macromolecular substance. A first electrode layer in contact with the current-collecting member and the second electrode layer in contact with the first electrode layer are formed of different constituents or have different proportions of the same constituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignees: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc., Itochu Corporation
    Inventors: Takaya Sato, Tatsuo Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20080146426
    Abstract: A machining center includes a tool magazine having an endless chain to hold multiple tool pockets, a spindle to which a tool that performs a machining operation on a workpiece may be detachably attached, and an automatic tool changer to change the tool disposed between the tool pockets and the spindle. A portion of the tool magazine disposed opposite a machine frame of the machining center or a machine cover of the machining center is disposed adjacent to a side surface and a bottom surface of the machine frame or the machine cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiko Ishikawa, Takuji Fujitani
  • Patent number: 7387832
    Abstract: Flaky particles which are produced through easy conversion from mother particles by using an organic compound other than monomers having double bonds as the hardening and crosslinking agent and to which at least one mechanical or functional characteristic selected from among reactivity, close adhesion, and tackiness is imparted by the presence of part of the unreacted reactive groups of the organic compound inside and on the particles; and a process for the production of the flaky particles. More specifically, flaky particles composed of mother particles (A) having functional groups and an organic compound (B) which has groups reactive with the functional groups of the particles (A) and is soluble in a solvent, characterized in that at least part of the functional groups of the mother particles (A) and at least part of the reactive groups of the organic compound (B) react with each other to form crosslinks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Hashiba, Kazutoshi Hayakawa, Takaya Sato, Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20080124552
    Abstract: A particle with a rough surface for plating or vapor deposition which has been formed from a base (A) having first functional groups on the surface thereof and particles (B) having on the surface thereof second functional groups reactive with the first functional groups and having an average particle diameter which is smaller than the diameter of the base (A) and not smaller than 0.1 ?m, by uniting the base (A) with the particles (B) through chemical bonds between the first functional groups and the second functional groups, wherein the base (A) has at least two projecting parts on the surface thereof. In this particle, the base has been tenaciously bonded to the protruding particles. Because of this, even when the protruding particles used have a size not smaller than the given size, the particle with a rough surface can secure a surface area while maintaining a thickness of a conductive coating film. As a result, the particle can have high conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Hashiba, Nami Tsukamoto, Kazutoshi Hayakawa, Satomi Kudo
  • Patent number: 7368493
    Abstract: A carbodiimide composition having an improved heat resistance which meets conventional requirements for a carbodiimide compound to be compounded in an ester-group-containing resin or a biodegradable plastic, and exhibiting no coloring problems due to yellowing, and having a superior stabilizing effect agains hydrolysis. The carbodiimide composition comprises a carbodiimide compound (A) and an antioxidant (B), having a 5% weight loss temperature not lower than 250° C. as determined by a thermogravimetric (TG) method, wherein an antioxidant (B) is dispersed and present in the composition by admixing during synthesis of a carbodiimide compound (A), a stabilizer against hydrolysis mainly comprising the carbodiimide composition and a thermoplastic resin composition containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ikuo Takahashi, Hirotaka Iida, Norimasa Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7361701
    Abstract: A biodegradable plastic composition which can be stably adjusted in biodegradation rate, and has greatly improved resistance to hydrolysis and weather, in particular the former, and durability resulting from the improved resistances; a molded article thereof; and a method for controlling biodegradation rate using the same composition. The biodegradable plastic composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of biodegradable plastic, (B) 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of a carbodiimide compound and (C) 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of benzotriazole-, triazine- and hydroxylamine-based compounds; the molded article thereof; and the method for controlling biodegradation rate using the same composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ikuo Takahashi, Hirotaka Iida, Norimasa Nakamura, Yoshihiro Yamazaki, Tsuyoshi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20080078977
    Abstract: Conductive particles each includes a polymer base particle and a conductive layer coating the polymer base particle. Let the compressive elastic deformation characteristic KX of one conductive particle when the displacement of particle diameter of the conductive particles is X % be defined by the following formula: KX=(3/?2)·(SX?3/2)·(R?1/2)·FX. FX is the load (N) necessary for X % displacement of the conductive particles. SX is the compressive deformation amount (mm) upon X % displacement of the conductive particles. R is the particle radius (mm) of the conductive particles. The compressive elastic deformation characteristic K50 when the displacement of particle diameter of the conductive particles is 50% is 100 to 50000 N/mm2 at 20° C., and the recovery factor of particle diameter of the conductive particles when the displacement of particle diameter of the conductive particles is 50% is not less than 30% at 20° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: NISSHINBO INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Toshifumi HASHIBA, Kazutoshi HAYAKAWA, Satomi KUDO, Kohei MORIYAMA, Tsuyoshi FUJII
  • Patent number: 7347954
    Abstract: A polymer electrolyte-forming composition containing (A) a quaternary ammonium salt of general formula (1) below and (B) an ionic liquid can be converted into a polymer without compromising the excellent properties of the ionic liquid, thus enabling an electrolyte having an excellent safety and electrical conductivity and also a broad potential window to be obtained. In formula (1), R1 to R3 are each independently an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbons or a substituent having a reactive unsaturated bond and any two from among R1 to R3 may together form a ring, and R4 is methyl, ethyl or a substituent having a reactive unsaturated bond, with the proviso that at least one of R1 to R4 is a substituent having a reactive unsaturated bond. X is a monovalent anion, the letter m is an integer from 1 to 8, and the letter n is an integer from 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimiyo Banno, Kanako Yuyama, Kentaro Takagi, Gen Masuda, Takaya Sato
  • Publication number: 20080066857
    Abstract: To provide a laminating apparatus and methods that enable one to reduce the amount of warping of the workpiece considerably during heating at the laminating section in comparison with conventional methods. The laminating apparatus is used in the laminating method where internal filling material is melted by heating, wherein an apparatus is equipped with a laminating section that has upper and lower chambers separated by a diaphragm. The workpieces which are ready to be transported to the laminating section described above is preheated by plural pre-heaters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Mitsuie Makizono
  • Patent number: 7342769
    Abstract: In an electrical double-layer capacitor having a pair of polarizable electrodes, a separator between the polarizable electrodes and a liquid electrolyte, the polarizable electrodes contain as a main component an activated carbon having micropores with a pore radius distribution peak as determined by the MP method within a range of 4.0×10?10 to 8.0×10?10 m, and the liquid electrolyte includes an electrolyte salt which is an ionic liquid. Such electrical double-layer capacitors have excellent low-temperature characteristics and a high electrostatic capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takaya Sato, Gen Masuda, Mitsugu Kotani, Shunsuke Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20080050618
    Abstract: A proton exchange membrane fuel cell bipolar plate molded from a composition that includes a graphite powder, a thermosetting resin and an internal mold release agent has specific surface characteristics which endow the bipolar plate with a high hydrophilicity that enables water formed during power generation by the fuel cell to be easily removed. The bipolar plate also has a low contact resistance with electrodes in the fuel cell, and the shapes of flow channels on the bipolar plate remain intact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: NISSHINBO INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Fumio TANNO, Naoki SHIJI
  • Publication number: 20080032580
    Abstract: A polyurethane elastomeric filament-containing weft knit fabric is obtained by plating a bare yarn of highly fusible, alkali-resistant polyurethane elastomeric filament having at least 50% retention of tenacity following dry heat treatment under 100% extension at 150° C. for 45 seconds, a melting point of 180° C. or below, and at least 60% retention of tenacity following treatment in a 2 g/L aqueous sodium hydroxide solution under 100% extension at 100° C. for 60 minutes at every loop of a weft knit fabric having a 1×1 rib. knit structure or a center yarn-containing reversible knit structure composed of at least one type of non-elastomeric yarn, then heat setting the plated structure so as to thermally fuse the highly fusible, alkali-resistant polyurethane elastomeric filaments to each other or to the non-elastomeric yarns at crossover points therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicants: NISSHINBO INDUSTRIES, INC., GUNZE LIMITED
    Inventors: Kunihiro Fukuoka, Koji Nishio, Seiji Yamahara, Takahiro Yamazaki, Takashi Maruoka, Fumiyuki Yamasaki, Susumu Kibune, Tsutomu Suzuoki, Shigeo Souda, Taisuke Yamamoto, Kouji Kimura, Shinobu Tabata