Patents Assigned to Toray Industríes, Inc.
  • Prepreg, method for producing same, and slit tape prepreg
    Patent number: 11708487
    Abstract: A prepreg is provided that has excellent processability and handleability and that can be processed into a cured product with high heat resistance. Also provided is a method to produce such a prepreg in an industrially advantageous way without being restricted by the types and contents of the matrix resin components used. The prepreg includes at least components [A] to [D] as given below and a preliminary reaction product that is a reaction product of the component [B] and the component [C], at least one surface resin in the prepreg having a storage elastic modulus G? in the range of 1.0×103 to 2.0×108 Pa as measured at a temperature of 40° C. and an angular frequency in the range of 0.06 to 314 rad/s: [A] carbon fiber, [B] epoxy resin, [C] curing agent, and [D] thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kobayashi, Taiki Maeyama, Hiroaki Sakata
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING FUEL CELL
    Publication number: 20230231165
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of operating a fuel cell, which method enables a polymer electrolyte membrane to be humidified sufficiently under high-temperature conditions, and can obtain excellent power generation performance. The present invention is a method of operating a fuel cell including a membrane electrode assembly containing an electrolyte membrane, catalyst layers, and gas diffusion layers, the method including a step of setting the operating temperature of the fuel cell at 100° C. or more, wherein, in the step, the relative humidity of supply gas to be supplied to the fuel cell is 70% or more, and the back pressure of the supply gas is 330 kPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tomohiro SAKAUE, Daisuke IZUHARA, Masaru HASHIMOTO
  • FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC, INTEGRALLY MOLDED PRODUCT, AND PREPREG
    Publication number: 20230220170
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fiber-reinforced plastic, including: a reinforcing fiber group containing reinforcing fibers; a thermosetting resin layer containing a first thermosetting resin; and a thermoplastic resin layer, in which the thermoplastic resin layer is provided as a surface layer of the fiber-reinforced plastic, an interface between the thermoplastic resin layer and the thermosetting resin layer is positioned inside the reinforcing fiber group, and the thermoplastic resin layer contains a dispersed phase of a second thermosetting resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takehara, Masato Honma
  • Molded article and production method therefor
    Patent number: 11697274
    Abstract: A molded product having both small specific gravity and high stiffness and also suffering few sink marks is described along with a method for the production thereof, where the molded product includes a porous body (A) integrated with an injection molded body (B), the porous body (A) having an apparent density of 0.05 to 0.8 g/cm3, the average thickness (tA) of the porous body (A) and the average thickness (tB) of the injection molded body (B) satisfying the relation tA?3×tB, and the injection molded body (B) covering at least one face of the porous body (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Takebe, Masato Honma
  • KIT, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PROSTATE CANCER
    Publication number: 20230212687
    Abstract: This invention provides a kit or device for detection of prostate cancer and a method for detecting prostate cancer. This invention provides a kit or device for detection of prostate cancer comprising a nucleic acid capable of specifically binding to an miRNA in a sample from a subject or a complementary strand thereof and a method for detecting prostate cancer comprising measuring the miRNA in vitro.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicants: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Makiko YOSHIMOTO, Hiroko SUDO, Atsuko MIYANO, Satoko KOZONO, Takahiro OCHIYA, Hiroyuki FUJIMOTO, Fumihiko URABE, Juntaro MATSUZAKI
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE MATERIAL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SENSOR DEVICE, AND GAS SENSOR
    Publication number: 20230217803
    Abstract: An electronic device material includes: carbon nanotubes having a purity of Semiconductor Carbon Nanotubes of 80% by mass or more; and a n-type semiconductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitake Masuda, Takafumi Akamatsu, Akihiro Tsuruta, Takayoshi Hirai, Kojiro Naito, Seiichiro Murase
  • KIT OR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING HIPPOCAMPAL ATROPHY
    Publication number: 20230212675
    Abstract: This invention relates to a kit or device for detection of hippocampal atrophy comprising a nucleic acid(s) capable of specifically binding to particular hippocampal atrophy marker miRNA(s) or to complementary strand(s) thereof, and a method for detecting hippocampal atrophy comprising measuring such miRNA(s) in vitro.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicants: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY
    Inventors: Chiori KASHIMURA, Hiroko SUDO, Makiko YOSHIMOTO, Shumpei NIIDA, Kengo ITO, Daichi SHIGEMIZU, Takashi KATO, Akinori NAKAMURA
  • Multiaxial textile resin base material and method of production thereof
    Patent number: 11692306
    Abstract: A multiaxial fabric resin base material includes a multiaxial fabric base material laminate impregnated with a thermosetting resin (B), the multiaxial fabric base material laminate including fiber bundle sheets layered at different angles, the fiber bundle sheets including unidirectionally aligned fiber bundles stitched with stitching yarns composed of a thermoplastic resin (A), the multiaxial fabric base material laminate being penetrated in the thickness direction by other bodies of the stitching yarns, and being stitched with the other bodies of the stitching yarns such that the yarns reciprocate at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction, the thermoplastic resin (A) constituting the stitching yarns having a softening point, the softening point being higher than the resin impregnation temperature of the thermosetting resin (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Naoya Ouchiyama, Hiroyuki Ome, Akihiko Shirahase
  • METHOD FOR RECOVERING RARE METAL SALT
    Publication number: 20230202854
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for recovering a rare metal salt, the method including: an acid treatment step of obtaining a rare metal-containing acidic aqueous solution by bringing a material including a monovalent rare metal and a polyvalent rare metal into contact with an acidic aqueous solution; a separation step of obtaining permeated water including the monovalent rare metal and non-permeated water including the polyvalent rare metal from the rare metal-containing acidic aqueous solution by using a nanofiltration membrane satisfying the condition (1); and a concentration step of obtaining non-permeated water having a higher concentration of the monovalent rare metal and permeated water having a lower concentration of the monovalent rare metal than that of the permeated water in the separation step, by using a reverse osmosis membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya YOSHIZAKI, Takanori SOYA, Masakazu KOIWA, Shigehisa HANADA
  • Method of collecting nucleic acid
    Patent number: 11685915
    Abstract: A method utilizes an aluminum oxide support with a water-soluble neutral polymer adsorbed on a surface of the aluminum oxide support and is aimed to collect nucleic acids from a body fluid sample. The method includes a step of adsorbing nucleic acids on the support in the presence of a chaotropic agent and a step of adding a solution containing an anionic surfactant to the nucleic acid-adsorbed support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shota Sekiguchi, Taiga Arai, Masateru Itou
  • Field effect-transistor, method for manufacturing same, wireless communication device using same, and product tag
    Patent number: 11690237
    Abstract: A field-effect transistor including at least: a substrate; a source electrode; a drain electrode; a gate electrode; a semiconductor layer in contact with the source electrode and with the drain electrode; and a gate insulating layer insulating between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, wherein the semiconductor layer contains a carbon nanotube, and the gate insulating layer contains a polymer having inorganic particles bound thereto. Provided is a field-effect transistor and a method for producing the field-effect transistor, wherein the field-effect transistor causes decreased leak current and furthermore enables a semiconductor solution to be uniformly applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Sakii, Seiichiro Murase, Junji Wakita
  • Method of producing polyamide fine particles, and polyamide fine particles
    Patent number: 11685813
    Abstract: A method produces polyamide fine particles by polymerizing a polyamide monomer (A) in the presence of a polymer (B) at a temperature equal to or higher than the crystallization temperature of a polyamide to be obtained, wherein the polyamide monomer (A) and the polymer (B) are homogeneously dissolved at the start of polymerization, and polyamide fine particles are precipitated after the polymerization. Polyamide fine particles have a number average particle size of 0.1 to 100 ?m, a sphericity of 90 or more, a particle size distribution index of 3.0 or less, a linseed oil absorption of 100 mL/100 g or less, and a crystallization temperature of 150° C. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Itaru Asano, Tomohiko Nakamura, Yota Okuno, Nobuhiro Morioka
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CARBON FIBER BUNDLE
    Publication number: 20230193522
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a carbon fiber bundle includes a stabilization process of subjecting an acrylic fiber bundle to a heat treatment within a range of 200° C. to 300° C. in an oxidizing atmosphere; a pre-carbonization process of performing a heat treatment within a range of 300° C. to 1,000° C. using a heat treatment furnace having at least one inert gas supply port on each of an incoming side and an outgoing side of the fiber bundle and at least one exhaust port between the incoming-side and outgoing-side inert gas supply ports, the heat treatment being performed with a temperature of an inert gas supplied being higher on the outgoing side than on the incoming side; and a carbonization process of performing a heat treatment at a temperature of 1,000° C. to 2,000° C. in an inert gas atmosphere, in which from a position at which an atmospheric temperature in the heat treatment furnace is 300° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takuya Kataoka, Naoto Hosotani, Takamitsu Hirose, Yusuke Kuji
  • KIT, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LUNG CANCER
    Publication number: 20230193402
    Abstract: This application provides a kit or a device for detection of lung cancer, comprising a nucleic acid(s) for detecting a miRNA(s) in a sample from a subject, and a method for detecting lung cancer, comprising measuring the miRNA(s) in vitro.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicants: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Yuho KIDA, Satoko KOZONO, Hiroko SUDO, Satoshi KONDOU, Junpei KAWAUCHI, Takahiro OCHIYA, Shun-ichi WATANABE
  • IMMUNE INDUCER
    Publication number: 20230190899
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to discover a novel peptide useful as an active ingredient in an agent for treating or preventing cancer, and to provide the use of the polypeptide as an immune inducer. The immune inducer containing as an active ingredient: (a) a polypeptide consisting of any one of the amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NOs: 35 to 67; or (b) a polypeptide comprising one to several amino acid deletions, substitutions and/or additions in the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide (a); is useful as an agent for treating or preventing cancer, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Akira KURIHARA, Fumiyoshi OKANO
  • CHENILLE YARN, TEXTILE PRODUCT, CLOTHING, AND BEDDING
    Publication number: 20230193524
    Abstract: A chenille yarn includes a twisted yarn formed of a core yarn and a pressing yarn, in which a decorative yarn is fused and fixed between the core yarn and the pressing yarn, and the decorative yarn has a crimp having a radius of curvature of 0.5 mm or more to 5.0 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi SHIBATA, Kentaro KAJIWARA, Yoshitsugu FUNATSU
  • BIODEGRADABLE RESIN AND FILM PREPARED THEREBY
    Publication number: 20230193021
    Abstract: The present invention provides a biodegradable resin having an intrinsic viscosity of 1.0 dL/g or more, and having a loss rate of intrinsic viscosity of 10% or more after treatment at 70° C. and 85% RH for 6 hr. The present invention also provides a biodegradable resin containing 70 wt% or more of polylactic acid and having a relative biodegradation rate up to 90% or more within 12 months when the degradability in home composting at 28° C. is evaluated according to the conditions specified in ASTM D5338-15. The biodegradable resin has the characteristics of fast biodegradation speed and stable storage, has good mechanical properties, optical properties and barrier properties, can be applicable to various aspects including packaging and express transportation, and will quickly biodegrade into carbon dioxide, water and other small molecules without contamination to the environment at the end of service life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Zongyan Gui, Ruxu Wang, Ke Wang, Takashi Arai, Isao Manabe
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FRESH WATER GENERATION APPARATUS BY ESTIMATING FILTRATION PROPERTY, METHOD FOR DETERMINING PRESENCE OF TROUBLE IN FRESH WATER GENERATION APPARATUS, FRESH WATER GENERATION APPARATUS, PROGRAM FOR OPERATING FRESH WATER GENERATION APPARATUS, PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING PRESENCE OF TROUBLE IN FRESH WATER GENERATION APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230174390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling a fresh-water production apparatus for treating a raw water in stages by N-stage (N is a natural number of 2 or larger) water treatment methods, the method including: a filtration-characteristic prediction step; a filtration-characteristic deviation assessment step; a filtration-characteristic deviation assessment step; a cyclic prediction calculation step; a control condition recording step; a cyclic prediction calculation step; and a control condition recording step, in which the fresh-water production apparatus is controlled on the basis of the control condition recording step for the (n?1)-th stage water treatment method and the control condition recording step for the n-th stage water treatment method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunori Tomioka, Kazuki Hagawa, Hiroshi Hamada
  • Epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite materials, epoxy resin cured product, preform and fiber-reinforced composite material
    Patent number: 11667749
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite materials which contains 70% by mass or more of a crystalline epoxy resin as component (A) and 10% by mass or more of a crystalline amine curing agent as component (B) based on 100% by mass of the epoxy resin composition. The difference between the melting points of component (A) and component (B) is in a range of 0 to 60° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Masanori Hirano, Nobuyuki Tomioka
  • Wearable device for measuring biological signal
    Patent number: D993423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ichiro Itagaki, Ryo Matsuo