Patents by Inventor Akira Imada

Akira Imada 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).

  • Patent number: 11352493
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a polycarbonate-based resin and a polyethylene terephthalate resin, and the resin composition has a resin phase-separated structure including a continuous phase containing the polycarbonate-based resin and a dispersed phase containing the polyethylene terephthalate resin, in which a number average diameter in a longitudinal direction of the dispersed phase is 1.5 ?m or less, a number average diameter in a lateral direction of the dispersed phase is 0.8 ?m or less, and an aspect ratio of the number average diameter in the longitudinal direction to the number average diameter in the lateral direction is 2.5 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Akira Imada
  • Publication number: 20210301128
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a polycarbonate-based resin and a polyethylene terephthalate resin, and the resin composition has a resin phase-separated structure including a continuous phase containing the polycarbonate-based resin and a dispersed phase containing the polyethylene terephthalate resin, in which a number average diameter in a longitudinal direction of the dispersed phase is 1.5 ?m or less, a number average diameter in a lateral direction of the dispersed phase is 0.8 ?m or less, and an aspect ratio of the number average diameter in the longitudinal direction to the number average diameter in the lateral direction is 2.5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventor: Akira IMADA
  • Patent number: 11098189
    Abstract: A resin composition includes an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin (A), a polyethylene terephthalate resin (B), a condensed phosphoric acid ester-based flame retardant (C), and a thermally expandable graphite (D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Akira Imada
  • Publication number: 20200095417
    Abstract: A resin composition includes an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin (A), a polyethylene terephthalate resin (B), a condensed phosphoric acid ester-based flame retardant (C), and a thermally expandable graphite (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO.,LTD.
    Inventor: Akira IMADA
  • Patent number: 10100194
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a polycarbonate resin; a reaction product of a glycidyl group-containing polyethylene copolymer and a polyethylene terephthalate resin; an unreacted polyethylene terephthalate resin that is not subjected to a reaction with the glycidyl group-containing polyethylene copolymer; an organic phosphorous flame retardant; and a flame retardant antidrip agent, wherein in a resin phase separation structure observed by an electron microscope, the polycarbonate resin and the unreacted polyethylene terephthalate resin form a continuous phase, the reaction product forms a dispersed phase, and a specific surface area of the dispersed phase is 2 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Imada
  • Patent number: 9976030
    Abstract: A resin composition contains a polycarbonate resin, a reaction product of a glycidyl-group-containing polyethylene copolymer with a polyethylene terephthalate resin, a polyethylene terephthalate resin that has not reacted with the glycidyl-group-containing polyethylene copolymer, an organic phosphorus flame retardant, and a flame-retardant anti-drip agent, wherein the amount of the polyethylene terephthalate resin in the reaction product is approximately not less than 3 mass % relative to the amount of the whole reaction product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Imada
  • Publication number: 20170369701
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a polycarbonate resin; a reaction product of a glycidyl group-containing polyethylene copolymer and a polyethylene terephthalate resin; an unreacted polyethylene terephthalate resin that is not subjected to a reaction with the glycidyl group-containing polyethylene copolymer; an organic phosphorous flame retardant; and a flame retardant antidrip agent, wherein in a resin phase separation structure observed by an electron microscope, the polycarbonate resin and the unreacted polyethylene terephthalate resin form a continuous phase, the reaction product forms a dispersed phase, and a specific surface area of the dispersed phase is 2 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira IMADA
  • Publication number: 20170247538
    Abstract: A resin composition contains a polycarbonate resin, a reaction product of a glycidyl-group-containing polyethylene copolymer with a polyethylene terephthalate resin, a polyethylene terephthalate resin that has not reacted with the glycidyl-group-containing polyethylene copolymer, an organic phosphorus flame retardant, and a flame-retardant anti-drip agent, wherein the amount of the polyethylene terephthalate resin in the reaction product is approximately not less than 3 mass % relative to the amount of the whole reaction product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira IMADA
  • Patent number: 9732216
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a polystyrene resin; a polyethylene terephthalate resin; and a glycidyl group-containing polyethylene graft copolymer, wherein a content of the polystyrene resin is from 10% by weight to 40% by weight and a content of the polyethylene terephthalate resin is from 60% by weight to 90% by weight, with respect to a total amount of the polystyrene resin and the polyethylene terephthalate resin, a content of the glycidyl group-containing polyethylene graft copolymer is from 3% by weight to 20% by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of a total amount of the polystyrene resin and the polyethylene terephthalate resin, and the glycidyl group-containing polyethylene graft copolymer is a copolymer obtained by graft-polymerizing a polymerizable vinyl monomer to a main chain of a polyethylene copolymer constituted with a glycidyl group-containing (meth)acrylic acid ester unit and an ethylene unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Imada
  • Patent number: 9695314
    Abstract: A resin composition contains an aromatic polycarbonate resin, an aromatic polyester resin, an acrylic triblock copolymer composed of a polymer block containing an acrylic acid ester unit and a polymer block containing a methacrylic acid ester unit, a glycidyl group-containing polyethylene copolymer, an organic phosphorus flame retardant, and a flame retardant antidrip agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Imada, Yuto Hanioka, Yuji Araki
  • Patent number: 9686363
    Abstract: An aircraft communication system for performing communication between each of a plurality of devices installed in an aircraft, wherein the communication system is provided with a plurality of communication processing units provided corresponding to the plurality of devices and a plurality of communication lines for connecting between the communication processing units, the plurality of communication processing units being capable of bidirectional communication via the plurality of communication lines. Upon receiving a plurality of communication data from the plurality of communication lines, one of the communication processing units determines, on the basis of identification information included in the received plurality of communication data, whether the received plurality of communication data needs to be acquired and acquires the communication data determined to need to be acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Morikawa, Hikaru Takami, Hidenobu Tsukagishi, Ryosuke Yamaoka, Hiroyuki Kakamu, Akira Imada, Terumasa Inoue
  • Publication number: 20170114218
    Abstract: There is provided a resin composition containing a polycarbonate resin, a polyethylene terephthalate resin, a glycidyl-group-containing polyethylene copolymer, a vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer, an organic phosphorus flame retardant, and a flame-retardant anti-drip agent, wherein the amounts of the polycarbonate resin and polyethylene terephthalate resin are approximately from 60 mass % to 90 mass % and approximately from 10 mass % to 40 mass % relative to the total amount of these resins, respectively, the glycidyl-group-containing polyethylene copolymer contains a glycidyl-group-containing (meth)acrylate unit and an ethylene unit, the glycidyl-group-containing (meth)acrylate unit content in the glycidyl-group-containing polyethylene copolymer is approximately from 2 mass % to 20 mass %, and the glycidyl-group-containing polyethylene copolymer is a polyethylene copolymer having a glass transition temperature of approximately 0° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira IMADA
  • Patent number: 9562157
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a polycarbonate resin, a polyethylene terephthalate resin, a glycidyl group-containing polyethylene copolymer, an organic phosphorus flame retardant, and a flame retardant antidrip agent, wherein the polycarbonate resin and the polyethylene terephthalate resin are contained in a specific content range, and wherein the glycidyl group-containing polyethylene copolymer is a polyethylene copolymer which is constituted with a glycidyl group-containing (meth) acrylic acid ester unit and an ethylene unit, in which a content of the glycidyl group-containing (meth) acrylic acid ester unit in the glycidyl group-containing polyethylene copolymer is in a range of 2% by weight to 20% by weight, and has a glass transition point of 0° C. or lower, or is a copolymer obtained by performing graft polymerization of a polymerizable vinyl monomer onto a main chain of the polyethylene copolymer constituted with a glycidyl group-containing (meth) acrylic acid ester unit and an ethylene unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Imada
  • Patent number: 9534067
    Abstract: A modifying agent includes an acrylic copolymer containing an acrylic acid ester monomer unit, a methacrylic acid ester monomer unit, a monomer unit of a compound represented by Formula (1), and a cationic monomer unit: wherein, in the formula, R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2, R3, and R4 are hydrogen atoms or organic groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms in which hydrogen does not exist in carbon adjacent to a double bond; R5 is an organic group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms in which hydrogen does not exist in carbon adjacent to a double bond; X2 is a hydrogen atom; Y is or —O—; and n is 1 or 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Imada
  • Patent number: 9403979
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a polycarbonate resin, an aromatic polyester resin, a glycidyl group-containing polyethylene copolymer, and red phosphorus of which particle surfaces are covered with at least one of a thermosetting resin and an inorganic substance, and a volume average particle diameter is 15 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Imada
  • Publication number: 20160208092
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a polystyrene resin; a polyethylene terephthalate resin; and a glycidyl group-containing polyethylene graft copolymer, wherein a content of the polystyrene resin is from 10% by weight to 40% by weight and a content of the polyethylene terephthalate resin is from 60% by weight to 90% by weight, with respect to a total amount of the polystyrene resin and the polyethylene terephthalate resin, a content of the glycidyl group-containing polyethylene graft copolymer is from 3% by weight to 20% by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of a total amount of the polystyrene resin and the polyethylene terephthalate resin, and the glycidyl group-containing polyethylene graft copolymer is a copolymer obtained by graft-polymerizing a polymerizable vinyl monomer to a main chain of a polyethylene copolymer constituted with a glycidyl group-containing (meth)acrylic acid ester unit and an ethylene unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventor: Akira IMADA
  • Publication number: 20160185957
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a polycarbonate resin, a polyethylene terephthalate resin, a glycidyl group-containing polyethylene copolymer, an organic phosphorus flame retardant, and a flame retardant antidrip agent, wherein the polycarbonate resin and the polyethylene terephthalate resin are contained in a specific content range, and wherein the glycidyl group-containing polyethylene copolymer is a polyethylene copolymer which is constituted with a glycidyl group-containing (meth) acrylic acid ester unit and an ethylene unit, in which a content of the glycidyl group-containing (meth) acrylic acid ester unit in the glycidyl group-containing polyethylene copolymer is in a range of 2% by weight to 20% by weight, and has a glass transition point of 0° C. or lower, or is a copolymer obtained by performing graft polymerization of a polymerizable vinyl monomer onto a main chain of the polyethylene copolymer constituted with a glycidyl group-containing (meth) acrylic acid ester unit and an ethylene unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: Akira IMADA
  • Patent number: 9346950
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a resin selected from a polylactic acid resin and a polycarbonate resin as a matrix resin, and surface-treated red phosphorus, wherein the surface-treated red phosphorus is contained in an amount of 10 parts by weight to 40 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the polylactic acid resin or the polycarbonate resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Imada
  • Publication number: 20160060456
    Abstract: A resin composition contains an aromatic polycarbonate resin, an aromatic polyester resin, an acrylic triblock copolymer composed of a polymer block containing an acrylic acid ester unit and a polymer block containing a methacrylic acid ester unit, a glycidyl group-containing polyethylene copolymer, an organic phosphorus flame retardant, and a flame retardant antidrip agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Akira IMADA, Yuto HANIOKA, Yuji ARAKI
  • Publication number: 20160024297
    Abstract: A resin composition includes an aromatic polyester resin, a polylactic acid resin, and at least one compound selected from a carbodiimide compound, an epoxy compound, an oxazoline compound, an oxazine compound, and an aziridine compound, wherein the resin composition has only one peak of tan ? obtainable by a viscoelasticity measurement in a temperature range of 60° C. to 90° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventor: Akira IMADA