Patents by Inventor Akinobu Sasaki

Akinobu Sasaki has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240088435
    Abstract: A positive electrode material includes a positive electrode active material, a coating layer, and a second solid electrolyte. The coating layer contains a first solid electrolyte and coats at least a portion of a surface of the positive electrode active material. The first solid electrolyte contains Li, M, and X, where M is at least one selected from the group consisting of metalloid elements and metal elements other than Li, and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. The second solid electrolyte is in indirect contact with the positive electrode active material with the coating layer disposed therebetween. A ratio of a volume of the first solid electrolyte to a total volume of the first solid electrolyte and the second solid electrolyte is greater than or equal to 4% and less than or equal to 60%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: YUTA SUGIMOTO, KAZUYA HASHIMOTO, AKINOBU MIYAZAKI, KENJI NAGAO, IZURU SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240079570
    Abstract: A coated active material includes a positive electrode active material and a coating layer coating at least a portion of a surface of the positive electrode active material. The coating layer includes a first coating layer, which contains a first solid electrolyte, and a second coating layer, which contains a base material. The first coating layer is located outside of the second coating layer. The first solid electrolyte contains Li, M, and X, where M is at least one selected from the group consisting of metalloid elements and metal elements other than Li, and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. A ratio of a specific surface area of the coated active material to a specific surface area of the positive electrode active material coated with the second coating layer is less than or equal to 42%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: YUTA SUGIMOTO, KAZUYA HASHIMOTO, AKINOBU MIYAZAKI, KENJI NAGAO, IZURU SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11084187
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain a fiber-reinforced composite material molded article having high adhesive strength in a boundary portion between an insert portion comprising a fiber-reinforced resin substrate and an integrally molded portion molded integrally with the insert portion. A fiber-reinforced composite material molded article (1) containing reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin and being provided with a first layer (23), a second layer (22), and a third layer (21) in this order, the thickness of each layer, the ratio of the total volume of reinforcing fibers (x2) having a fiber length of 3 mm to less than 100 mm with respect to the total volume of reinforcing fibers present in the layer, the ratio of the total volume of reinforcing fibers (y2) having a fiber length of 0.02 mm to less than 3 mm with respect to the total volume of reinforcing fibers present in the layer, and the volume content of fibers in each layer being controlled so as to be in specific ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Tomioka, Takeshi Ishikawa, Akinobu Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10604633
    Abstract: A prepreg formed from a resin and unidirectionally aligned reinforcement fibers, characterized in that: the prepreg is sheet-shaped; the prepreg has cutouts of a depth for cutting the reinforcement fibers, and includes reinforcement fibers (A) cut by the cutouts to a length of 10 to 50 mm and reinforcement fibers (B) having a length of equal to or more than 50% of the sheet length of the prepreg in the alignment direction of the reinforcement fibers; the surface area of a band section including the reinforcement fibers (B) in a plan view is 1.4% to 35.0% of the entire surface area of the prepreg in a plan view; and at least one end of the reinforcement fibers (B) is positioned at an end portion of the prepreg in the alignment direction of the reinforcement fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato Ogasawara, Masahiko Nagasaka, Yasuhiko Nabeshima, Takeshi Ishikawa, Akinobu Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10370506
    Abstract: Provided are a carbon fiber thermoplastic resin prepreg which is a carbon fiber prepreg obtained by impregnating a PAN-based carbon fiber in which the average fiber fineness of a single fiber is 1.0 dtex to 2.4 dtex with a thermoplastic resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin satisfies 20?(FM/FS)?40 (where FM: flexural modulus (MPa) of a resin sheet comprising only the thermoplastic resin, and FS: flexural strength (MPa) of the resin sheet), a method for manufacturing the same, and a carbon fiber composite material employing the carbon fiber prepreg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Tomioka, Takahiro Hayashi, Saki Fujita, Takeshi Ishikawa, Keigo Yoshida, Takuya Teranishi, Atsushi Takahashi, Kenichi Watanabe, Morio Katagiri, Akinobu Sasaki, Masahiro Oosuka, Hiroshi Tategaki, Takayuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10370507
    Abstract: Provided are a carbon fiber thermoplastic resin prepreg which is a carbon fiber prepreg obtained by impregnating a PAN-based carbon fiber in which the average fiber fineness of a single fiber is 1.0 dtex to 2.4 dtex with a thermoplastic resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin satisfies 20?(FM/FS)?40 (where FM: flexural modulus (MPa) of a resin sheet comprising only the thermoplastic resin, and FS: flexural strength (MPa) of the resin sheet), a method for manufacturing the same, and a carbon fiber composite material employing the carbon fiber prepreg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Mistubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Tomioka, Takahiro Hayashi, Saki Fujita, Takeshi Ishikawa, Keigo Yoshida, Takuya Teranishi, Atsushi Takahashi, Kenichi Watanabe, Morio Katagiri, Akinobu Sasaki, Masahiro Oosuka, Hiroshi Tategaki, Takayuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180071957
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain a fiber-reinforced composite material molded article having high adhesive strength in a boundary portion between an insert portion comprising a fiber-reinforced resin substrate and an integrally molded portion molded integrally with the insert portion. A fiber-reinforced composite material molded article (1) containing reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin and being provided with a first layer (23), a second layer (22), and a third layer (21) in this order, the thickness of each layer, the ratio of the total volume of reinforcing fibers (x2) having a fiber length of 3 mm to less than 100 mm with respect to the total volume of reinforcing fibers present in the layer, the ratio of the total volume of reinforcing fibers (y2) having a fiber length of 0.02 mm to less than 3 mm with respect to the total volume of reinforcing fibers present in the layer, and the volume content of fibers in each layer being controlled so as to be in specific ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Masao TOMIOKA, Takeshi ISHIKAWA, Akinobu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20170226297
    Abstract: Provided are a carbon fibre thermoplastic resin prepreg which is a carbon fibre prepreg obtained by impregnating a PAN-based carbon fibre in which the average fibre fineness of a single fibre is 1.0 dtex to 2.4 dtex with a thermoplastic resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin satisfies 20<(FM/FS)<40 (where FM: flexural modulus (MPa) of a resin sheet comprising only the thermoplastic resin, and FS: flexural strength (MPa) of the resin sheet), a method for manufacturing the same, and a carbon fibre composite material employing the carbon fibre prepreg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao TOMIOKA, Takahiro Hayashi, Saki Fujita, Takeshi Ishikawa, Keigo Yoshida, Takuya Teranishi, Atsushi Takahashi, Kenichi Watanabe, Morio Katagiri, Akinobu Sasaki, Masahiro Oosuka, Hiroshi Tategaki, Takayuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160194468
    Abstract: A prepreg formed from a resin and unidirectionally aligned reinforcement fibers, characterized in that: the prepreg is sheet-shaped; the prepreg has cutouts of a depth for cutting the reinforcement fibers, and includes reinforcement fibers (A) cut by the cutouts to a length of 10 to 50 mm and reinforcement fibers (B) having a length of equal to or more than 50% of the sheet length of the prepreg in the alignment direction of the reinforcement fibers; the surface area of a band section including the reinforcement fibers (B) in a plan view is 1.4% to 35.0% of the entire surface area of the prepreg in a plan view; and at least one end of the reinforcement fibers (B) is positioned at an end portion of the prepreg in the alignment direction of the reinforcement fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hayato OGASAWARA, Masahiko NAGASAKA, Yasuhiko NABESHIMA, Takeshi ISHIKAWA, Akinobu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20150044470
    Abstract: Provided are a carbon fibre thermoplastic resin prepreg which is a carbon fibre prepreg obtained by impregnating a PAN-based carbon fibre in which the average fibre fineness of a single fibre is 1.0 dtex to 2.4 dtex with a thermoplastic resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin satisfies 20?(FM/FS)?40 (where FM: flexural modulus (MPa) of a resin sheet comprising only the thermoplastic resin, and FS: flexural strength (MPa) of the resin sheet), a method for manufacturing the same, and a carbon fibre composite material employing the carbon fibre prepreg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Tomioka, Takahiro Hayashi, Saki Fujita, Takeshi Ishikawa, Keigo Yoshida, Takuya Teranishi, Atsushi Takahashi, Kenichi Watanabe, Morio Katagiri, Akinobu Sasaki, Masahiro Oosuka, Hiroshi Tategaki, Takayuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8304573
    Abstract: A method of recovering pyrolysis products of resin of the present invention includes cooling gaseous pyrolysis products generated from pyrolysis of the resin in a pyrolysis tank to recover the resin as liquid pyrolysis products. The method includes the following steps (1) to (4): (1) continuously feeding fluidization gas, heated solid particles, and a resin into the pyrolysis tank to fluidize the solid particles and the resin by the fluidization gas; (2) continuously feeding the resin into the pyrolysis tank from a position which is ½ or less of the height of a solid particle layer in the pyrolysis tank in a stationary state; (3) continuously discharging the solid particles from a position lower than the height of a feeding position of the resin; and (4) heating the discharged solid particles in a heating furnace and then feeding the heated solid particles into the pyrolysis tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinobu Sasaki, Nobuyuki Kikuya, Takashi Ookubo, Masahiro Hayashida
  • Publication number: 20100121097
    Abstract: A method of recovering pyrolysis products of resin of the present invention includes cooling gaseous pyrolysis products generated from pyrolysis of the resin in a pyrolysis tank to recover the resin as liquid pyrolysis products. The method includes the following steps (1) to (4): (1) continuously feeding fluidization gas, heated solid particles, and a resin into the pyrolysis tank to fluidize the solid particles and the resin by the fluidization gas; (2) continuously feeding the resin into the pyrolysis tank from a position which is ½ or less of the height of a solid particle layer in the pyrolysis tank in a stationary state; (3) continuously discharging the solid particles from a position lower than the height of a feeding position of the resin; and (4) heating the discharged solid particles in a heating furnace and then feeding the heated solid particles into the pyrolysis tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinobu Sasaki, Nobuyuki Kikuya, Takashi Ookubo, Masahiro Hayashida
  • Patent number: 6559224
    Abstract: In order to easily and effectively polymerize an organosiloxane and produce a polyorganosiloxane latex from which the organosiloxane monomer does not emerge and which has a weight-average diameter controlled to under 0.4 &mgr;m, a paste is polymerized which contains at least a cyclic organosiloxane, a surface active agent, an initiator, and water, and which is an emulsified dispersion of the cyclic organosiloxane, in which the water content is in a proportion of 1 to 66 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the cyclic organosiloxane. A latex obtained by diluting the thus-obtained polymerized paste has excellent liquid stability. The above paste, which is an emulsified dispersion of the cyclic organosiloxane, can be produced by mixing the organosiloxane, the surface active agent, the initiator, and the water together in an emulsifying and dispersing machine, and dispersing therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinobu Sasaki, Nobuyuki Kikuya, Haruki Sato