Patents Assigned to Toray Industries
  • Publication number: 20230149967
    Abstract: A coating apparatus includes: a container configured to accumulate a coating liquid; a rotatable coating bar arranged at an opening part so that the coating bar has a clearance between the coating bar and a downstream side end of an upstream side cover and a clearance between the coating bar and an upstream side end of a downstream side cover and a rotation axis direction of the coating bar is directed in a longitudinal direction of the container; a plurality of rotatable supports intermittently arranged along the rotation axis direction of the coating bar; and an in-liquid cover extending in the longitudinal direction of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Masanao Obori
  • Publication number: 20230150250
    Abstract: A multilayered polyester film which comprises a polyester film and, disposed on at least one surface thereof, a layer X which has a contact angel HX(1) with water of 0-60°, wherein the layer X has a degree of crystallinity C(0) of 0-30%. HX(1): Contact angle at one second after water has come into contact with layer X. A polyester film having excellent recoverability is provided by disposing a layer X on at least one surface of a polyester film, the layer X having a regulated contact angle with water and a regulated degree of crystallinity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tadamasa SUZUKI, Sho TSUBOKURA, Takuji HIGASHIOJI
  • Publication number: 20230149197
    Abstract: Provided is an orthotic device that achieves both a holding force and an orthotic force necessary for improvement of deformation and function of a lower limb and trackability to friction, fluctuation, compression and the like occurring during operation between an orthotic site and the orthotic device, is easy to wear, does not impair appearance during wearing, and in addition, maintains an appropriate holding force and orthotic force for a long period of time, and can be continuously used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yao CHEN, Satoshi YAMADA, Hidetoshi SUZUKI, Koji OHATA
  • Patent number: 11652215
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide, in the manufacture of a membrane-catalyst assembly including a polymer electrolyte membrane and a catalyst layer bonded to the polymer electrolyte membrane, a method that achieves both the relaxation of thermocompression bonding conditions and the improvement of adhesion between the catalyst layer and the electrolyte membrane with high productivity. A main object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a membrane-catalyst assembly including an electrolyte membrane and a catalyst layer bonded to the electrolyte membrane, the method including a liquid application step of applying a liquid to a surface of the catalyst layer before bonding, and a thermocompression bonding step of bonding, to the electrolyte membrane, the catalyst layer to which the liquid is applied by thermocompression bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ryuta Sakashita, Yuta Shintaku, Daisuke Izuhara, Kiyoshi Minoura, Mei Abe
  • Publication number: 20230142791
    Abstract: A method of producing an inorganic solid pattern is described that includes: a step of coating an inorganic solid with a composition containing a polymetalloxane and an organic solvent; a step of heating the coating film obtained in the coating step, at a temperature of 100° C. or more and 1000° C. or less to form a heat-treated film; a step of forming a pattern of the heat-treated film; and a step of patterning the inorganic solid by etching using the pattern of the heat-treated film as a mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masao Kamogawa, Mitsuhito Suwa, Makoto Hayasaka
  • Publication number: 20230146365
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing printed material on which active energy ray-curable ink is printed, the method being capable of improving print density without impairing gradation expressivity. The present invention is a method for producing printed material, the method including, in order: a transfer process of transferring ink to a transfer target surface of a substrate; and an impression process of bringing each of impression cylinders into contact with the transfer target surface to which the ink has been transferred, and at least one of the impression cylinders has a patterned impression part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi TSUJI, Noboru KOSHIMIZU, Takejiro INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230141241
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to enable a scintillator panel of a type having a barrier rib to have sufficient mechanical strength and enhanced brightness. A scintillator panel including a substrate, a barrier rib formed on the substrate, and a scintillator layer having a phosphor and sectioned by the barrier rib, wherein the barrier rib contains one or more compounds (P) selected from the group consisting of polyimides, polyamides, polyamideimides, and polybenzoxazoles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Sho Miyao, Natsumi Okura, Kazuyuki Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20230139178
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a medicament for treatment and/or prevention of cancer. The present invention provides a medicament for treatment and/or prevention of cancer, comprising an antibody or a fragment thereof having an immunological reactivity with CAPRIN-1 protein, and a pyrimidine fluoride-based drug, a folinic acid-based drug and one or more additional drugs together or separately in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Fumiyoshi OKANO
  • Publication number: 20230137230
    Abstract: A device substrate is provided with an increased light transmittance that is a resin film resistant to thermal decomposition in high temperature processes, along with a production method for a device substrate, a device, and a production method for a device, where a resin composition designed to produce a resin film to be used as a substrate for a display device or light receiving device, comprises (a) a resin that has a repeating unit as represented by the chemical formula (1) or (2) as a primary component and (b) a chemical compound as represented by the chemical formula (3) and/or a condensation product thereof, wherein in the chemical formulae (1) and (2), X, Y, R1 and R2 are defined, and Si(OR11)n(R12)4-n??(3) wherein in the chemical formula (3), R11 and R12 are as defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Daichi Miyazaki, Tomoki Ashibe
  • Publication number: 20230140155
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention of cancer. The present invention provides a medicament for treatment and/or prevention of cancer in a cancer patient with a previous history of another cancer treatment, comprising an antibody or a fragment thereof having an immunological reactivity with CAPRIN-1 protein, and a pyrimidine-based drug and carboplatin together or separately in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Fumiyoshi OKANO
  • Publication number: 20230137844
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a kit or a device for the detection of prostate cancer and a method for detecting prostate cancer. The present invention provides a kit or a device for the detection of prostate cancer, comprising a nucleic acid capable of specifically binding to a miRNA in a sample of a subject, and a method for detecting prostate cancer, comprising measuring the miRNA in vitro.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Satoshi KONDOU, Hitoshi NOBUMASA, Satoko KOZONO, Hiroko SUDO, Junpei KAWAUCHI, Takahiro OCHIYA, Nobuyoshi KOSAKA
  • Patent number: 11639427
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a prepreg, in which a matrix resin is applied to a reinforcing fiber sheet, where the sheet can continuously run without clogging due to generated fuzz, even at a high running speed, and where the sheet can be efficiently impregnated with the matrix resin. The prepreg is produced by a method which includes a step of allowing a reinforcing fiber sheet to pass horizontally or slantingly through the inside of a coating section storing a matrix resin to apply the matrix resin to the reinforcing fiber sheet, where the coating section includes a liquid pool and a narrowed section which are in communication with each other, where the liquid pool has a portion whose cross-sectional area decreases continuously along a running direction of the reinforcing fiber sheet, and wherein the narrowed section has a slit-like cross-section and has a smaller cross-sectional area than the largest cross-sectional area of the liquid pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Ochi, So Nishino, Kiyoshi Minoura
  • Patent number: 11640110
    Abstract: A resin composition which is configured such that if the resin composition is formed into a resin composition film that has a thickness of 3.0 ?m after a heat treatment at a temperature within the range of 200-350° C., the resin composition film forms a heat-resistant resin film that has a light transmittance of 50% or more at a wavelength of 365-436 nm before the heat treatment, while having a light transmittance of 10% or less at a wavelength of 365-436 nm after the heat treatment. Provided is a resin composition having a function of absorbing ultraviolet light and visible light in a short wavelength range, which is suitable for the formation of a planarization film, an insulating layer and a partition wall that are used for organic light emitting devices or display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Keika Hashimoto, Kazuto Miyoshi, Masao Tomikawa
  • Publication number: 20230127537
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photosensitive composition which can suppress the generation of a development residue on the surface of an electrode and the corrosion of the electrode to form a black pixel division layer, and also can suppress the generation of off-pixel in an organic EL display device comprising the pixel division layer. Disclosed is a photosensitive composition comprising (a) a pigment, (b) a resin having two or more tertiary amino groups in the molecule, and (c) a photosensitive agent, wherein the component (b) contains a resin having a structure represented by the general formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Akihiro ISHIKAWA, Takashi HONMA, Yoko MOMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230128336
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a method which is for producing a gas diffusion electrode substrate having a high conductivity and a chemical resistance, and by which an increase in production cost can be suppressed. The present invention is a method for producing a gas diffusion electrode substrate in which a microporous layer is formed in a conductive porous body formed by bonding carbon fibers to each other by means of a cured product of a binder resin, the method having, in the following order: a binder resin impregnation step in which a carbon fiber structure is impregnated with a binder resin composition to obtain a pre-impregnated body; a coating step in which the surface of the pre-impregnated body is coated with a microporous layer coating solution; and a heat treatment step in which the pre-impregnated body that has been subjected to the coating step is heat-treated at a temperature of at least 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroaki OTAKE, Masamichi UTSUNOMIYA, Fumitaka WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230131530
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for producing a joined-resin product in which two or more resin members are joined. The apparatus includes: a surface treatment mechanism comprising an electrode unit generating ionized gas, and a member holding mechanism arranged at a position separated from the electrode unit by a space and holding the resin member, the surface treatment mechanism activating a surface to be joined of the resin member held by the member holding mechanism, by the ionized gas generated by the electrode unit; and a joining mechanism bonding the two or more resin members together where at least one of surfaces to be joined facing each other is activated by the surface treatment mechanism, at the respective surfaces to be joined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yamashita, Shunpei Tonai, Kazuya Kanasugi
  • Publication number: 20230126191
    Abstract: A data classification device includes: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire data to be classified; a classification unit configured to classify the data into one of a plurality of classes by using a learned model learned using a neural network; a similarity calculation unit that calculates the similarity between the data and learned data used to generate the learned model; and a determination unit configured to determine whether the data belongs to the classes on the basis of the similarity, and, when the data does not belong to any of the classes, determine that the data belongs to an unknown class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo Mizuta, Keita Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20230129035
    Abstract: An object of the preset invention is to provide a medicament for treatment and/or prevention of cancer. The present invention relates to a medicament for treatment and/or prevention of cancer in a cancer patient with a previous history of another cancer treatment, comprising an antibody or a fragment thereof haying an immunological reactivity with CAPRIN-1 protein, and an angiogenesis inhibitor or an angiogenesis inhibitor and a taxane-based drug together or separately in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Fumiyoshi OKANO, Daisuke AKAZAWA
  • Patent number: 11634555
    Abstract: A colored resin composition containing an alkali-soluble resin (A), a colorant (B), an organic solvent (C), and a photosensitizer (D), the colored resin composition containing at least a zirconia compound particle as the colorant (B), wherein the zirconia compound particle contains zirconium nitride having a crystallite size of 10 nm or more and 60 nm or less, and the crystallite size is determined from a half width of a peak derived from a (111) plane in an X-ray diffraction spectrum using a CuK? ray as an X-ray source. The present invention provides a highly sensitive colored resin composition by improving light transmissivity in the ultraviolet region (wavelength 365 nm) generally used in photolithography and by improving a light shielding property in the visible region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Inoue, Kazuki Nanbu, Takuto Tokuda, Ryosuke Aihara
  • Patent number: 11637351
    Abstract: At low cost, a porous film has high thermal film rupture resistance and outstanding battery characteristics. The porous film has a porous layer on at least one surface of a porous substrate, and if the surface porosity of the porous layer is defined as ? and the cross-sectional void ratio of the porous layer is defined as ?, then ?/? does not exceed 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuyasu Kai, Kei Ikoma, Akimitsu Tsukuda