Patents Assigned to Toyobo Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20230180865
    Abstract: An object is to provide a garment-type biological information measurement device having a biological contact-type electrode and having excellent durability against washing. A garment-type biological information measurement device comprising an electrode, wherein the electrode comprises a stretchable conductive layer containing a flexible resin and a conductive filler, a stretchable adhesion acceleration layer, a stretchable hot melt adhesive layer, and a garment fabric, in this order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiko IRIE, Yusuke SHIMIZU, Yuichiro OMOTE, Satoshi MAEDA
  • Patent number: 11672481
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a biological information measuring garment having excellent exterior design, and yet with high measurement accuracy. A biological information measuring garment is provided with an electrode support portion which is joined to a garment body with an amount of freedom and which preferably has a covered-binding structure (looped structure), wherein the amount of freedom of the electrode support portion is set in a predetermined range such that, even when an electrode is in contact with the skin and in a semi-fixed state, the outer side of the garment can accommodate natural movements. In addition, a garment includes at least: a cup portion which covers the female breasts; and a front body, the garment further including on the inside thereof an electrode support portion provided with an electrode for biological information measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko Kitazawa, Yuichiro Omote
  • Publication number: 20230173731
    Abstract: The invention provides a flame-retardant biaxially-oriented polyester film which is porous, and has high reflectance. The flame-retardant biaxially-oriented polyester film contains a polymer component containing polyethylene terephthalate and a flame retardant. The polyester film has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.50 to 0.64 dL/g and a density of 1.21 to 1.27 g/cm3. A content of the polyethylene terephthalate in the polyester film is 70 to 97% by mass. The flame retardant contains at least one phosphorus-based flame retardant selected from the group consisting of a phosphinate and a diphosphinate. A content of the phosphorus-based flame retardant in the polyester film is 3 to 8% by mass. The polyester film is a porous film having an average reflectance of 60 to 74% at a wavelength of 400 to 700 nm. The polyester film has a thickness of 15 to 45 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20230173456
    Abstract: In an infusibilized polyphenylene ether fiber of the present disclosure, an absorbance height ratio (A/B) between an absorbance height A at a wave number of 1694 cm?1 derived from C?O stretching vibration and an absorbance height B at a wave number of 1600 cm?1 derived from skeleton vibration due to carbon-carbon stretching of a benzene ring is 0.25 or more, and an absorbance height ratio (C/B) between an absorbance height C at a wave number of 1661 cm?1 derived from C?O stretching vibration and an absorbance height B at a wave number of 1600 cm?1 derived from skeleton vibration due to carbon-carbon stretching of a benzene ring is 0.75 or less, as measured by infrared spectroscopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takemasa Okada, Akifumi Yasui, Yusuke Kojo
  • Publication number: 20230174837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally conductive resin composition excellent in toughness and thermal conductivity. The thermally conductive resin composition comprises a thermoplastic resin (A) and scale-like graphite (B), and is free from a polyester elastomer, wherein a content of the thermoplastic resin (A) is 45 to 60 parts by mass and a content of the scale-like graphite (B) is 40 to 55 parts by mass (based on 100 parts by mass in total of the thermoplastic resin (A) and the scale-like graphite (B)), the scale-like graphite (B) comprises scale-like graphite (B1) having a mean particle diameter D50 of 150 to 400 ?m and scale-like graphite (B2) having a mean particle diameter D50 of 10 to 40 ?m, a mass ratio B1:B2 is 94:6 to 60:40, and thermal conductivity in a plane direction of a molded article obtained from the thermally conductive resin composition is 8 W/(m·K) or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motonobu KAMIYA, Takahiro SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230173800
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multilayer body of an inorganic substrate and a highly heat-resistant transparent film which has sufficient heat resistance and is able to be mechanically separated from the inorganic substrate after being subjected to various processes on the inorganic substrate since the adhesion between the highly heat-resistant transparent film and the inorganic substance is adequately weak. A multilayer body of a highly heat-resistant transparent film and an inorganic substrate, wherein: an adhesive is not substantially used; the peel strength between the highly heat-resistant transparent film and the inorganic substrate is 0.3 N/cm or less; and the CTE of the highly heat-resistant transparent film is 50 ppm/K or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuo OKUYAMA, Makoto NAKAMURA, Denichirou MIZUGUCHI, Harumi YONEMUSHI, Hiroyuki WAKUI, Kaya TOKUDA
  • Patent number: 11667789
    Abstract: A polyamide resin composition containing a polyimide resin (A), a modified styrene-based copolymer (B), a modified high-density polyethylene (C), and an aliphatic metal salt (D), and having a melt mass flow rate (MFR) of 20 g/10 minutes or more and less than 60 g/10 minutes and a 65% RH equilibrium water absorption rate of less than 3%. The polyamide resin composition can form a molded article having a sufficiently high limit of fatigue against continuous load, achieve high mechanical characteristics and high fluidity to prevent the occurrence of a short shot or decrease in the strength of a welded part even in a large and/or thick molded article, and has excellent mold releasability and more excellent abrasion resistance than ever before.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ayuzawa, Kensaku Maeda, Ryo Umeki
  • Publication number: 20230167255
    Abstract: Provided is a biaxially oriented polypropylene film that has high stiffness and can easily retain a bag shape when made into a packaging bag even if made thinner, and at the same time, that can maintain water vapor barrier properties even if made thinner, and has few wrinkles in and around the sealed portion when heat-sealed to make a packaging bag. The biaxially oriented polypropylene film satisfies the following (1), (2), and (3): (1) the heat shrinkage ratio at 150° C. is 10% or lower in the longitudinal direction and 30% or lower in the width direction; (2) the tensile elastic modulus at 23° C. in the width direction is 6.0 GPa or more; (3) the heat shrinkage ratio (%) at 150° C. and the tensile elastic modulus (GPa) at 23° C. in the width direction satisfy the following formula. Tensile elastic modulus (GPa)?Heat shrinkage ratio (%)×0.1+6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhito HORINOUCHI, Kouji YAMADA, Kensuke TANEKI, Toru IMAI
  • Publication number: 20230158483
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an ion-exchange membrane for simply and inexpensively separating and purifying exosomes present in a biological sample such as serum. The invention relates to a cellulose-based ion-exchange membrane containing a cellulose-based polymer having at least one hydroxyl group or acetyl group at the 2-, 3-, or 6-position being replaced with a positively charged compound. The invention also relates to a method for purifying exosomes, including subjecting a sample containing exosomes to membrane permeation by using the cellulose-based ion-exchange membrane to allow for adsorption of the exosomes, bringing the membrane into contact with a washing liquid to remove impurities, and bringing the membrane into contact with an eluent to allow for desorption of the exosomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayano Higaki, Hirofumi Hakuba
  • Patent number: 11655118
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a storage state in which a reactive compound layer can be stably maintained in a polymer film having a reactive compound layer on the surface. The film roll is obtained by winding together: a first polymer film having a reactive compound layer on the surface, and a second polymer film having a surface roughness (Ra) of 0.1 ?m or more and a modulus of elasticity of 300 MPa or more and 10 GPa or less. The film bundle is obtained by laminating the first and second polymer films. Preferably, storing the film roll and the film bundle at a low temperature enables a thin layer of a reactive compound to be stably maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaya Tokuda, Masahiro Yamashita, Tetsuo Okuyama, Toshiyuki Tsuchiya, Naoki Watanabe, Shunsuke Ichimura
  • Patent number: 11656551
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition for a flexographic printing original plate is disclosed which exhibits reduced adhesion of dust, dirt, and paper powder, resistance to UV ink and allows storage of the printing original plate for a long period of time. A water-developable photosensitive resin composition for flexographic printing, contains at least a polyamide and/or a polyamide block copolymer (a), a cross-linking agent having one or more unsaturated group(s) (b), a photo-polymerization initiator (c), and a fatty acid ester (d), wherein the fatty acid ester (d) has two or more hydroxyl groups and 24 or 25 carbon atoms in a molecule, wherein the fatty acid ester (d) is a fatty acid ester of a compound selected from fatty acids having a number of carbon atoms of 12 to 22, and wherein a content of the fatty acid ester (d) in the photosensitive resin composition is 0.2 to 6% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Kawashima, Jun Hasuike
  • Publication number: 20230150252
    Abstract: The invention provides a multilayer body of an inorganic substrate and a highly heat-resistant film, wherein the surface of the inorganic substrate is sufficiently smooth after removal of the highly heat-resistant film from the multilayer body, and the inorganic substrate is re-usable. The multilayer body uses substantially no adhesive and is characterized by (1) a tensile elastic modulus of the highly heat-resistant film of 4 GPa or more, (2) a bonding strength between the highly heat-resistant film and the inorganic substrate of 0.3 N/cm or less, (3) a surface roughness Ra of a surface of the highly heat-resistant film, said surface being in contact with the inorganic substrate, of 5 nm or less, and (4) a surface roughness Ra of the surface of the inorganic substrate after removal of the highly heat-resistant film from the multilayer body of 3 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaya TOKUDA, Tetsuo OKUYAMA, Satoshi MAEDA, Naoki WATANABE, Harumi YONEMUSHI, Denichirou MIZUGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230151208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymerized polyester resin which can give film characteristics being suitable for a use as a heat-shrinkable label and which is excellent in the recycling property. According to the present invention, there is provided a copolymerized polyester resin which contains dicarboxylic acid and diol as constituting components, wherein the copolymerized polyester resin contains terephthalic acid as a main component of a dicarboxylic acid component, and contains ethylene glycol as a main component of a diol component, wherein a content of neopentyl glycol is from 18 to 32% by mole and a content of diethylene glycol is from 7 to 15% by mole when a total amount of the whole diol component is taken as 100% by mole, and wherein a molar proportion of each phosphorus compound contained in the copolymerized polyester resin and having a specific structure satisfies the specific inequality (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru NAKAGAWA, Kosuke UOTANI, Shinya KANETAKA
  • Publication number: 20230151146
    Abstract: The invention provides a copolymerized polyester raw material for film, wherein (1) the copolymerized polyester raw material comprises 5-40 mol % of constituent unit derived from diethylene glycol in 100 mol % of total glycol component amount in whole polyester resin component; (2) the copolymerized polyester raw material comprises 0-5 mol % of constituent unit derived from a monomer component which can become an amorphous component in whole polyester resin component; (3) the copolymerized polyester raw material has a glass transition temperature of 73° C. or lower; (4) the copolymerized polyester raw material has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.60-0.85 dl/g; and (5) the copolymerized polyester raw material has a melt viscosity of 200 Pa·S or less in a measurement at 255° C. and shear rate of 6080/S, as well as a heat-shrinkable polyester film which is produced by the raw material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20230149859
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a semipermeable membrane that achieves chemical resistance (chlorine resistance, acid resistance, alkali resistance), membrane performance, and membrane strength by sulfonating a polyphenylene-based semipermeable membrane base material under specific conditions. [Solution] A polyphenylene-based semipermeable membrane that is composed of a material containing a polyphenylene-based resin, wherein the semipermeable membrane has a first surface of which at least a portion is sulfonated, and wherein, when concentration distribution of elemental sulfur derived from a sulfonic acid group is measured by elemental analysis in a cross section in a thickness direction of the semipermeable membrane, a ratio of a sulfonated layer obtained by the following expression is 50% or less: Ratio of Sulfonated Layer (%)=Sulfonated Layer Thickness/(Sulfonated Layer Thickness+Non-Sulfonated Layer Thickness)×100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Shibuya, Takashi Ohkame
  • Publication number: 20230151207
    Abstract: The aim of the present invention is to provide a copolymerized polyester resin for solving the problem of die staining and foreign matter adhesion to the film etc. in the continuous production of the film etc.; and the problem of recycling property of the copolymerized polyester. This copolymerized polyester resin contains dicarboxylic acid and did as constituting components, wherein the copolymerized polyester resin contains terephthalic acid as a main component of a dicarboxylic acid component, and contains ethylene glycol as a main component of a diol component, wherein a content of diethylene glycol is from 7 to 30% by mole and a content of triethylene glycol is from 0.05 to 2% by mole when a total amount of the whole diol component is taken as 100% by mole, wherein a content of a cyclic dimer consisting of terephthalic acid and diethylene glycol is 7000 ppm or less, and wherein a content of a cyclic dimer consisting of terephthalic acid, diethylene glycol and triethylene glycol is 200 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichiro TOGAWA, Hironao SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230148197
    Abstract: The invention provides a polyolefin-based resin film formed from a polypropylene-based resin composition and containing, in a total of 100 parts by weight of the polypropylene-based resin composition, 20-95 parts by weight of a propylene-? olefin random copolymer containing a metallocene-based olefin polymerization catalyst; 0-75 parts by weight of a propylene-? olefin random copolymer containing a Ziegler-Natta-based olefin polymerization catalyst; and 5-15 parts by weight of at least one type of an elastomer selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-butene copolymer elastomer, a propylene-butene copolymer elastomer, and an ethylene-propylene copolymer elastomer, wherein a heat shrinkage ratio in a direction in which a heat shrinkage ratio is larger among a longitudinal direction and a width direction of the polyolefin-based resin film is 1-10%, and an orientation coefficient ?Nx in an x-axis direction calculated from a refractive index of the polyolefin-based resin film is 0.0130-0.0250.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wakato TOMATSU, Tadashi NISHI
  • Publication number: 20230145446
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin printing original plate for letterpress printing having a photosensitive resin layer formed of a photosensitive resin composition containing at least a polymer compound (A), a dibasic acid diester (B) represented by the following general formula (I), a photopolymerizable compound (C), and a photopolymerization initiator (D), in which the content of the dibasic acid diester (B) in the photosensitive resin composition is 2.5 to 15 mass %: (where R1 represents a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms, or a divalent aliphatic cyclic hydrocarbon group having 4 to 14 carbon atoms, and R2 and R3 may be the same as or different from each other and each represents a linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wataru Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11641899
    Abstract: A garment for measuring biological information equipped with an electrode and wiring, with which noise can be prevented from being mixed in to the biological electric signals to be read, and with which a wearer feels less discomfort, even under dry condition while the garment is worn. Static electrical charge generated while the garment is worn is suppressed to decrease the noise in the biological electric signals to be read by selecting a combination of electrically insulating materials constituting the garment that have smaller gap of frictional electrostatic voltage, as well as using the electrode and wiring that are stretchy and have high conductivity even when being stretched to reduce discomfort while the garment is worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haruhiko Narusawa
  • Publication number: 20230135094
    Abstract: A garment for measuring biological information, wherein the garment is configured such that when a wearer wears the garment, a conductive member is easily disposed at a desired position on the wearer, and even when the wearer moves his/her arm or raises his/her arm, the conductive member is less likely to be displaced from the desired position on the wearer. The garment has a torso portion and a stretchable conductive member being formed on the garment with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., TOYOBO STC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Euichul KWON, Nobuhiro KURODA, Yuichiro OMOTE, Hideki KAWABATA