Patents Assigned to Toyobo Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11852630
    Abstract: An immunochromatographic test piece is provided containing a control line detection reagent that is not affected by the concentration of an analyte to be detected. The immunochromatographic test piece is for quantifying an analyte in a biological sample, and includes (a) a conjugation pad impregnated with a detection reagent that specifically binds to the analyte, and a control line detection reagent; and (b) a porous membrane pad on which an antibody for capturing the analyte is immobilized upstream, and an antibody for capturing specifically the control line detection reagent is immobilized downstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawaminami, Yuji Tsuji, Keizo Yoneda
  • Patent number: 11851550
    Abstract: The present invention provides a film and/or a packaging bag from which contents that may be viscous are easily brought out, and exhibiting enough heat seal properties as well as superior anti-blocking effect and slipperiness. The sealant film has a seal layer consisting of a resin composition including the following (a) and (b), and the film satisfies the following (1) to (3). (a) Polyolefin-based resin; and (b) Silylated polyolefin resin, (1) An abundance ratio (Si/C) of silicon atoms Si to carbon atoms C included in the seal layer of 0.001 or more and 0.02 or less; (2) An abundance ratio (Si/C) of silicon atoms Si to carbon atoms C present at a surface of the seal layer of 0.05 or more and 0.2 or less; and (3) An arithmetic average roughness Ra of a surface of the seal layer of 0.07 ?m or more and 0.5 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Fujino, Sakie Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20230408734
    Abstract: An object is to provide a polyethylene terephthalate-based resin film that has excellent processing suitability and that particularly can effectively suppress the occurrence of cleavage in the film layer of a portion cut with a knife. Another object is to provide a polarizer, a transparent conductive film, a touch panel, and image display devices such as a liquid crystal display device and an organic EL display device, all of which use the polyethylene terephthalate-based resin film. A polyethylene terephthalate-based resin film satisfying the following (1) and (2): (1) the polyethylene terephthalate-based resin film has a retardation of 3000 to 30000 nm; and (2) the polyethylene terephthalate-based resin film has an amorphous orientation parameter of 0.330 or more as measured by an ATR-FTIR method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahisa ABE, Yuka IKEDA, Kaoru SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20230407028
    Abstract: The invention provides a biaxially oriented polypropylene resin film containing a base layer (A) formed of a polypropylene-based resin composition containing polypropylene-based resin and polyethylene-based resin; and a surface layer (B) disposed on at least one side of the base layer (A), wherein a) the polypropylene-based resin having the lowest DSC melting point in the polypropylene-based resin composition of base layer (A) has a melting point peak temperature of not lower than 160° C., b) a ratio of ?-olefin monomer-derived component to a total of a propylene monomer-derived component and the ?-olefin monomer-derived component in the polypropylene-based resin of base layer (A) is not larger than 0.2 mol %, c) the amount of polyethylene-based resin of base layer (A) is 1-20 wt % of a total of polypropylene-based resin and polyethylene-based resin of base layer (A), and d) the biaxially oriented polypropylene resin film has a haze of not larger than 7%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya KIRIYAMA, Toru IMAI, Osamu KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20230404462
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for easily managing a health condition of grown-up cattle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoko KOMATSU
  • Patent number: 11845841
    Abstract: Provided are a foldable display that is excellent in mass production applicability, and that does not have image distortion that can appear in the folding portion after the display is repeatedly folded; and a mobile device equipped with such a foldable display. Provided are a polyester film for surface protection films and a hard coating film for surface protection films for the foldable display and mobile device. The polyester film is for foldable display surface protection films, wherein the polyester film is cut in sheet form, the polyester film has a thickness of 10 to 75 ?m, the polyester film has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.55 to 0.65 dl/g, and the amount of rise of a cut plane on at least one side of one or more cut end portions is 35 ?m or less. The hard coating film, the foldable display, and the mobile device use the polyester film for foldable display surface protection films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yoshino, Kiwamu Kawai, Shotaro Nishio
  • Publication number: 20230397602
    Abstract: In a cell cryopreservation hollow fiber membrane made of a cellulose ester, a decrease in strength during the use for cell cryopreservation is suppressed. A cell cryopreservation hollow fiber membrane, comprising a cellulose ester, wherein the breaking strength in thawing the cell cryopreservation hollow fiber membrane after freezing by vitrification freezing is 80% or more of the breaking strength during wetting before the freezing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takatsugu TAJIMA, Yoshinori TAKII
  • Publication number: 20230392049
    Abstract: Provided is a readily adhesive polyester film that has antistatic properties-and prevents an antistatic agent from transferring to other items The readily adhesive polyester film includes a polyester film and a readily adhesive layer on at least one surface of the polyester film, wherein the readily adhesive layer is formed of a cured composition containing an ion-conducting antistatic agent, a polyester resin, and a polycarbonate urethane resin, a surface of the readily adhesive layer has a surface specific resistance value of 1.0×1013 ?/sq or lower, and after the surface of the readily adhesive layer is brought into contact with an additional polyester film and maintained at a temperature of 50° C. under a pressure of 1 kg/cm2 for 3 days, the surface of the additional polyester film that is in contact with the surface of the readily adhesive layer has a surface specific resistance value of 1.0×1014 ?/sq or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji KUMAGAI, Yohei YAMAGUCHI, Takeshi KUBO, Noriyuki TAKAGI, Tsuyoshi OHTA
  • Publication number: 20230390975
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a thermoplastic polyester elastomer resin foam molded product which exhibits light weight, excellent rebound resilience and excellent surface smoothness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenzo OYA, Takuya AKAISHI, Eri MORIO
  • Publication number: 20230391579
    Abstract: A reeling device includes: a left spool body; a right spool body; and a yarn transfer mechanism. A first rotation axis of the left spool body and a second rotation axis of the right spool body are parallel to each other, and a position of the left spool body around which the yarn-shaped body is to be wound and a position of the right spool body around which the yarn-shaped body is to be wound are arranged side by side on a first imaginary plane orthogonal to the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis. After a hollow yarn collection is formed in the left spool body, a yarn-shaped body leading portion of the yarn transfer mechanism moves the yarn-shaped body from the left spool body to the right spool body along the first imaginary plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Nishi, Yusuke Tokuda
  • Patent number: 11833795
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaya Tokuda, Tetsuo Okuyama, Satoshi Maeda, Naoki Watanabe, Harumi Yonemushi, Denichirou Mizuguchi
  • Publication number: 20230383053
    Abstract: An object is to provide a crosslinked aromatic polyester resin composition that has high strength at room temperature and is capable of reprocessing, adhering films to each other, and self-repairing at a bond exchange activation temperature thereof or higher, due to “dynamic” covalent crosslinks allowing bond exchange at high temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoko UCHIYAMA, Mikihiro HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230383118
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a thermoplastic polyester elastomer resin composition suitable for foam molded product which exhibits light weight, excellent rebound resilience and excellent surface smoothness. The present invention provides a thermoplastic polyester elastomer resin composition for counter-pressure foam molding, containing a thermoplastic polyester elastomer and a thickener, wherein the thermoplastic polyester elastomer is prepared by bonding a hard segment and a soft segment, wherein the hard segment consists of polyester constituted from aromatic dicarboxylic acid and aliphatic and/or alicyclic diol as constituting components, wherein the soft segment is at least one member selected from a group consisting of aliphatic polyether, aliphatic polyester and aliphatic polycarbonate, wherein the thermoplastic polyester elastomer has a soft segment content of 25 to 90% by mass, and wherein a content of the thickener is 0.05 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenzo OYA, Takuya AKAISHI, Eri MORIO
  • Publication number: 20230383115
    Abstract: An object is to provide a crosslinked polyester resin that has high strength at room temperature but is capable of reprocessing, adhesion between films, and self-repair at a softening temperature thereof or higher, due to dynamic covalent crosslinks allowing bond exchange at high temperatures, that exhibits softening behavior due to bond exchange by a transesterification reaction even without containing any transesterification catalyst, and that exhibits self-adhesiveness, remoldability, and scratch repair properties. A crosslinked polyester resin in which a polyester resin having a carboxy group on a side chain is crosslinked by an epoxy-based crosslinking agent having a plurality of epoxy groups, wherein the epoxy-based crosslinking agent includes an epoxy amine compound having two or more tertiary amino groups and two or more epoxy groups in a molecule, and an amount of the epoxy amine compound is 3 to 30 parts by mole per 100 parts by mole of the carboxy group of the polyester resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoko UCHIYAMA, Mikihiro HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230374234
    Abstract: The invention provides a biaxially oriented polyester film with a good balance among moldability during hot molding, film strength and elasticity, while suppressing deposition of an oligomer (whitening) due to heating in a coating step of an adhesive resin or the like during the molding process, and which can be used to provide a molded body, a label or the like. The biaxially oriented polyester film has a content of an ester constituent unit derived from an isophthalic acid component relative to 100% by mole of all ester constituent units in the constituent polyester resin of 0.5-5.0% by mole; a haze change when heated at 150° C. for 30 minutes of 5.0% or less; a limiting viscosity of the constituent polyester resin of 0.59-0.65 dl/g; an average storage elastic modulus at 150° C. of 5.0-7.6×108 (Pa); and an acid value of 40-60 eq/ton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiwamu KAWAI, Akira SHIMIZU, Isao TAKII
  • Publication number: 20230374349
    Abstract: Disclosed is a biaxially oriented polyester film that is excellent in adhesiveness with a metal layer etc., and excellent in deep drawability for an isotropic chape, such as a square shape. A biaxially oriented polyester film having at least a base layer and an adhesive layer each of which contains a polyester as a main component, the film satisfying the following requirements (1) to (3): (1) a difference between reversible heat capacity difference (?Cp) at around glass transition temperatures of the adhesive layer and the base layer is not smaller than 0.10 and not larger than 0.45; (2) a molecular orientation ratio measured by using a molecular orientation meter is higher than 1.2; and (3) a stress at 10% elongation (F10) in each of a machine and transverse direction is not lower than 90 MPa and not higher than 160 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru TAMARI, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20230371899
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a biological information measuring belt for a calf that facilitates measurement of biological information. The biological information measuring belt including: a first fabric; and an electrode provided on a skin-side surface of the first fabric, wherein a skin-side surface of the biological information measuring belt includes a high friction part having a mean friction coefficient MIU of 0.40 or more, the biological information measuring belt has a tensile strength of 2.8 N/cm or less at 5% stretching and has a tensile strength of 4.0 N/cm or less at 10% stretching under following conditions, and the conditions are that the biological information measuring belt is held with chucks of a tensile tester in such a manner that a distance between the chucks becomes 45 cm and a center of the first fabric is positioned at a center between the chucks, and then the biological information measuring belt is stretched at a stretching speed of 100 mm/minute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki MIYAMOTO, Yuichiro OMOTE, Yoko KOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230374348
    Abstract: Disclosed is a biaxially oriented polyester film that is excellent in adhesiveness with a metal layer etc. and excellent in deep drawability for an isotropic shape, such as a square shape. A biaxially oriented polyester film having at least a base layer and an adhesive layer each of which contains a polyester as a main component, the film satisfying the following requirements (1) to (3): (1) a difference between reversible heat capacity difference (?Cp) at around glass transition temperatures of the adhesive layer and the base layer is not smaller than 0.10 and not larger than 0.45; (2) a molecular orientation ratio measured by using a molecular orientation meter is not lower than 1.0 and not higher than 1.2; and (3) a stress at 10% elongation (F10) in each of a machine and transverse direction is not lower than 90 MPa and not higher than 160 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru TAMARI, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20230365796
    Abstract: Provided are a heat-shrinkable label and a package each having solvent bonded-portion where solvent penetration-through is not caused even when the film is thin. Provided are particularly a heat-shrinkable label and a package each having solvent bonded-portion gaining a high peel strength stability even when the film is passed through a tubing step made high in speed. A heat-shrinkable label has a tubular shape, in which both end portions of a heat-shrinkable polyvinyl chloride-based film or a heat-shrinkable polystyrene-based film are bonded to each other with a solvent composition. The solvent composition contains at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of tetrahydrofuran (THE), methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) and ethyl acetate, and at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyester, polypropylene and hydrogenated petroleum resin, and the end portion bonded has a peel strength of 2 N/15 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi INOUE, Masayuki HARUTA, Hisao OKU
  • Publication number: 20230365747
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyester resin and a hollow molded body containing reduced amounts of cyclic trimer and aluminum-based foreign matter, with maintained catalytic activity and a reduced catalyst cost. A polyester resin, comprising an aluminum compound and a phosphorus compound, and satisfying the following (1) to (3): (1) a content of aluminum element in the polyester resin is 9 to 19 ppm by mass, (2) a content of phosphorus element in the polyester resin is 22 to 40 ppm by mass. and (3) a mole ratio of phosphorus element to aluminum element in the polyester resin is 1.55 or more and 1.85 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru NAKAGAWA, Kosuke UOTANI, Shinya KANETAKA