Patents Assigned to Unitika Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20210253848
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a resin composition capable of producing a molded product sufficiently excellent in hydrolysis resistance and mold release characteristics and having an excellent balance between heat resistance and fluidity, even if a heat stabilizer and a mold release agent are contained. The present invention relates to a resin composition, comprising: (A) a polyarylate resin; (B) a melt-polymerized polycarbonate resin; (C) a specific phosphite compound; and (D) a dipentaerythritol fatty acid ester, a mass ratio (A/B) of the (A) polyarylate resin and the (B) melt-polymerized polycarbonate resin being from 2/98 to 98/2, and the resin composition having a Vicat softening point of 140° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka NABESHIMA
  • Patent number: 11040515
    Abstract: There is provided a release film comprising a substrate film and a resin layer provided on at least one surface of a substrate film, wherein the resin layer comprises 100 parts by mass of an acid-modified polyolefin resin, 1 to 20 parts by mass of a crosslinking agent and 10 to 1,000 parts by mass of a polyvinyl alcohol having a saponification rate of 99% or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Unitika Ltd.
    Inventors: Mari Shimizu, Kouhei Tanaka, Nobuyasu Okumura
  • Publication number: 20210179843
    Abstract: A polyester film comprises a polyester (A) composed mainly of polybutylene terephthalate and a polyester (B) composed mainly of polyethylene terephthalate, wherein a mass ratio (A/B) between the polyesters (A) and (B) is 70/30 to 55/45, a dry heat shrinkage rate (A) through heat treatment at 160° C. for 30 minutes is 20% or less in any of four directions on a film surface (0°, 45°, 90° and 135®), a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of these dry heat shrinkage rates is 5% or less, a dry heat shrinkage rate (B) through heat treatment at 200° C. for 15 minutes is 35% or less in any of the four directions, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of these dry heat shrinkage rates is 5% or less, and a thickness variation in the four directions is 10% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Okuzu, Ken Akamatsu, Akiko Hamamoto, Hiroshi Ashihara, Goro Araki, Akito Kajita
  • Publication number: 20210139390
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of an organic compound, in which a reaction is performed between functional groups without using any solvents. The present invention relates to a production method of an organic compound, in which a reaction is performed between functional groups by using a mechanochemical effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Yumeto FUKUBAYASHI, Makoto NAKAI, Ayumi YANAKA
  • Patent number: 10954396
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nickel nanowires-containing paste having an adequately high thermal curing rate even under comparatively low temperature, which is excellent in functional properties such as an electrical conductivity, strength properties (in particular, a bending property), a water-resisting property, a salt water-resisting property and electromagnetic-wave shielding properties, from which a cured structure excellent in an electrical conductivity can be obtained even if it is stored for a long time. The present invention relates to a paste comprising nickel nanowires, an alkoxy-alkylated polyamide and a glycol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takeda, Chikako Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210009516
    Abstract: An object is to provide a method for easily producing maleimide (MI) in which trace amounts of residual acid components as impurities in a crude MI are efficiently reduced, that is, the acid value is sufficiently reduced. <1> A method for producing purified MI, comprising reducing an acid value of crude MI by 50% or more, by adding carbodiimide (CDI) to a solution comprising the crude MI to react an acid component in the crude MI with the CDI. <2> The method for producing purified MI, comprising adding 0.5% by mass or more and 8% by mass or less of the CDI with respect to a mass of the crude MI for reaction. <3> The method for producing purified MI, wherein the CDI is N,N?-diisopropyl carbodiimide (DIC). <4> The method for producing purified MI, comprising removing a urea derivative of the CDI (CDI-U) by-produced when reacting the acid component in the crude MI with the CDI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Yamada, Tatsuya Morikita, Yosuke Sugimoto, Takeshi Yoshida, Akira Shigeta, Yoshiaki Echigo
  • Publication number: 20210002478
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition formodeling materials for fused deposition modeling 3D printers, the resin composition containing a polyarylate resin (A) and a polyester resin (B), containing the component (A) and a polyamide resin (C), or containing tape component (A) and a polycarbonate resin (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Azusa Usui, Hiroo Kamikawa, Fumio Matsuoka, Shohei Kumazawa
  • Patent number: 10876239
    Abstract: A primary base fabric for a tufted carpet includes a first non-woven web and a second non-woven web laminated on each other. The first non-woven web is constituted with a first constituent fiber formed with a first thermoplastic resin and containing carbon. The second non-woven web is constituted with a second constituent fiber formed with a second thermoplastic resin and having a carbon content lower than the carbon content of the first constituent fiber or containing no carbon. The primary base fabric is a product prepared by combining the first non-woven web and the second non-woven web through an emboss processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Unitika Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Chizuka
  • Publication number: 20200392298
    Abstract: Provided is a polyamide film which is a stretched film including a polyamide resin composition containing 1 to 10% by mass of a polyester thermoplastic elastomer, wherein the polyamide film satisfies all of the following conditions (A) to (C): (A) elastic moduli in MD and TD of the film are each 1.0 to 2.3 GPa; (B) a ratio between the elastic moduli in MD and TD of the film (MD/TD) is 0.9 to 1.5; and (C) a haze of the film is 7% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Okuzu, Akiko Hamamoto, Ken Akamatsu
  • Publication number: 20200362144
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition having high heat-resisting properties, with which a shaping can be performed in accordance with designed sizes using a fused deposition modeling method-3D printer, and from which a shaped object having a small warpage and small changes in sizes due to water can be obtained. The present invention relates to a resin composition for a shaping material of a fused deposition modeling method-3D printer, comprising cellulose fibers in a polyamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Miho NAKAI, Azusa USUI, Shohei KUMAZAWA, Shota NOGUCHI, Fumio MATSUOKA, Hiroo KAMIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10836719
    Abstract: An object is to provide a method for easily producing maleimide (MI) in which trace amounts of residual acid components as impurities in a crude MI are efficiently reduced, that is, the acid value is sufficiently reduced. <1> A method for producing purified MI, comprising reducing an acid value of crude MI by 50% or more, by adding carbodiimide (CDI) to a solution comprising the crude MI to react an acid component in the crude MI with the CDI. <2> The method for producing purified MI, comprising adding 0.5% by mass or more and 8% by mass or less of the CDI with respect to a mass of the crude MI for reaction. <3> The method for producing purified MI, wherein the CDI is N,N?-diisopropyl carbodiimide (DIC). <4> The method for producing purified MI, comprising removing a urea derivative of the CDI (CDI-U) by-produced when reacting the acid component in the crude MI with the CDI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Yamada, Tatsuya Morikita, Yosuke Sugimoto, Takeshi Yoshida, Akira Shigeta, Yoshiaki Echigo
  • Publication number: 20200354317
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a bismaleimide (D-BMI) modified product in which an amino group of dimer diamine (DDA) is maleimidized, which has the good heat resistance, and has the sufficiently enhanced processability, and a method for producing the same. There are provided: <1> A bismaleimide (D-BMI) modified product in which an amino group of dimer diamine is maleimidized, the bismaleimide modified product having the following characteristics: 1) An acid value of the D-BMI modified product is 2 mg-KOH/g or less. 2) In 1H-NMR, when quantitative comparison is performed using an integrated value (A) of a peak corresponding to a proton of a methylene group directly bound to a nitrogen atom of a maleimide group and an integrated value (B) of a peak corresponding to a vinyl proton of a maleimide group, A/B is 1.25 or more and 2.00 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki YAMADA, Tatsuya MORIKITA, Takeshi YOSHIDA, Akira SHIGETA, Yoshiaki ECHIGO
  • Publication number: 20200340529
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sliding member which is superior to a conventional polyamide sliding member not only in mechanical properties (especially, flexural property) but also in sliding property. The present invention relates to a sliding member comprising unmodified cellulose fibers or cellulose fibers in which a part of hydroxyl groups from cellulose has been modified with a hydrophilic substituent, which have an average fiber diameter of 10 ?m or less, in an amount of 0.1 to 50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a polyamide resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Shota NOGUCHI, Miho NAKAI, Shohei KUMAZAWA, Hiroo KAMIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10808342
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a fishing net formed from a plastic net that can be handled by winding or folding although the net has plastic rigidity. The fishing net is manufactured by (1) a step of preparing a multifilament yarn formed by bundling a plurality of core-sheath type composite filaments, in each of which a core component is made of polyethylene terephthalate and a sheath component is made of polyolefin, (2) a step of preparing a yarn thread obtained by paralleling a plurality of the multifilament yarns, (3) a step of twisting or braiding four yarn threads 11, 12, 13, 14 to obtain a net constructed with strands 1 and intersections 2, (4) a step of heat-treating the net under without pressure to melt the sheath component of the yarn threads 11, 12, 13, 14 constituting the strands 1 and the intersections 2, followed by solidifying, thus obtaining a plastic net, and (5) a step of forming the fishing net using the plastic net.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Hidehito Andoh, Kohei Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20200325329
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyarylate resin which is excellent in heat-resisting properties, abrasion-resisting properties, solubility properties in non-halogenated organic solvents, a water vapor-barrier property, mechanical properties, liquid sag-resisting properties and deformation-resisting properties (such as adhesive properties). The present invention relates to a polyarylate resin comprising a dihydric phenol residue shown in general formula (1) and an aromatic dicarboxylic acid residue shown in general formula (2), a film comprising the same and a laminated product thereof: (wherein X represents a liner or branched bivalent hydrocarbon group having 4 to 8 carbon atoms.) (wherein R1 and R2 respectively and independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which may be substituted by one or more halogen atoms, or a halogen atom, and p and q respectively and independently represent an integer of 0 to 4.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Akira MURATA, Takamasa AKIZUKI, Chiho MATSUMOTO, Keita HAGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20200317911
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition excellent in a molding stability, which can be molded into a molded article excellent in a dust generation resistance, a heat resistance, a dimensional stability, and an external appearance, and a molded article obtained by molding the same. The present invention relates to a resin composition comprising a polyarylate resin, a polycarbonate resin, silica particles having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 10 ?m and a phosphite ester compound shown by a general formula (I), wherein a mass ratio of the polyarylate resin and the polycarbonate resin is 25/75 to 90/10, a content of the silica particles is 5 to 60 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the polyarylate resin and the polycarbonate resin and a content of the phosphite ester compound is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka NABESHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200291247
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nickel nanowires-containing paste having an adequately high thermal curing rate even under comparatively low temperature, which is excellent in functional properties such as an electrical conductivity, strength properties (in particular, a bending property), a water-resisting property, a salt water-resisting property and electromagnetic-wave shielding properties, from which a cured structure excellent in an electrical conductivity can be obtained even if it is stored for a long time. The present invention relates to a paste comprising nickel nanowires, an alkoxy-alkylated polyamide and a glycol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka TAKEDA, Chikako YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10759753
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a bismaleimide (D-BMI) modified product in which an amino group of dimer diamine (DDA) is maleimidized, which has the good heat resistance, and has the sufficiently enhanced processability, and a method for producing the same. There are provided: <1> A bismaleimide (D-BMI) modified product in which an amino group of dimer diamine is maleimidized, the bismaleimide modified product having the following characteristics: 1) An acid value of the D-BMI modified product is 2 mg-KOH/g or less. 2) In 1H-NMR, when quantitative comparison is performed using an integrated value (A) of a peak corresponding to a proton of a methylene group directly bound to a nitrogen atom of a maleimide group and an integrated value (B) of a peak corresponding to a vinyl proton of a maleimide group, A/B is 1.25 or more and 2.00 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Yamada, Tatsuya Morikita, Takeshi Yoshida, Akira Shigeta, Yoshiaki Echigo
  • Patent number: 10610814
    Abstract: An air filter material has spun bond nonwoven fabric and melt blown nonwoven fabric. The spun bond nonwoven fabric includes conjugate polyester continuous filaments having a “Y4”-like cross sectional shape. The Y-4 shape of the continuous filament is composed of plural nearly V-shape portions formed from low melting point polyester, joined by a nearly + shape portion formed from high melting point polyester. The continuous filaments are heat-bonded with each other by the low melting point polyester. The spun bond nonwoven fabric is bonded with the melt blown nonwoven fabric with a powder type or spider web type hot melt adhesive agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventor: Yukihiro Kihara
  • Patent number: 10584212
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a polyamide-imide which has a high regularity of molecular structure and few branched structures, does not contain hydrogen halide, is not required to be separated and purified in post processes, and can be suitably used as a film, a varnish, or a molding material; raw material salt of polyamide-imide and production method thereof. The polyamide-imide has a repeating unit represented by the general formula (1): in which R1, R2 represent independently a divalent residue having an aromatic ring, an aliphatic ring or an aliphatic hydrocarbon; R3, R4 represent independently a trivalent residue having an aromatic ring or an aliphatic ring; and an hydrogen atom bonding to the respective rings may be replaced by another atom or an atomic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Yumeto Fukubayashi, Makoto Nakai, Akira Shigeta, Munenori Yamada