Patents by Inventor Akira Sanami

Akira Sanami 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: 20140137399
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a separator for nonaqueous electrolyte electricity storage devices. The method allows: avoidance of use of a solvent that places a large load on the environment; and relatively easy control of parameters such as the porosity and the pore diameter. The production method of the present invention includes the steps of: preparing an epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy resin, a curing agent, and a porogen; forming a cured product of the epoxy resin composition into a sheet shape or curing a sheet-shaped formed body of the epoxy resin composition, so as to obtain an epoxy resin sheet; removing the porogen from the epoxy resin sheet by means of a halogen-free solvent so as to form a porous epoxy resin membrane; and drying the porous epoxy resin membrane by heat-roll drying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Sanami, Shunsuke Noumi, Noriaki Harada, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Masaya Yano
  • Publication number: 20140101930
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a separator for nonaqueous electrolyte electricity storage devices. The method allows: avoidance of use of a solvent that places a large load on the environment; and relatively easy control of parameters such as the porosity and the pore diameter. The present invention includes the steps of: preparing an epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy resin, a curing agent, and a porogen; forming a cured product of the epoxy resin composition into a sheet shape or curing a sheet-shaped formed body of the epoxy resin composition, so as to obtain an epoxy resin sheet; removing the porogen from the epoxy resin sheet by means of a halogen-free solvent so as to form a porous epoxy resin membrane; and subjecting at least one surface of the porous epoxy resin membrane to atmospheric-pressure plasma treatment so as to remove a surface portion of the porous epoxy resin membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ito, Akira Sanami, Shunsuke Noumi
  • Patent number: 8449660
    Abstract: A first unsintered sheet made of PTFE having a standard specific gravity of 2.16 or more and a second unsintered sheet made of PTFE having a standard specific gravity of less than 2.16 are laminated, and a pressure is applied to a resulting laminated body so as to obtain a pressure-bonded article. The pressure-bonded article is stretched in a specified direction at a temperature lower than a melting point of PTFE, and then the pressure-bonded article is stretched further in the specified direction at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of PTFE or heated to a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of PTFE. Thereafter, the pressure-bonded article stretched in the specified direction is stretched in a width direction perpendicular to the specified direction at a temperature lower than the melting point of PTFE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Shimatani, Akira Sanami
  • Publication number: 20110192283
    Abstract: A first unsintered sheet made of PTFE having a standard specific gravity of 2.16 or more and a second unsintered sheet made of PTFE having a standard specific gravity of less than 2.16 are laminated, and a pressure is applied to a resulting laminated body so as to obtain a pressure-bonded article. The pressure-bonded article is stretched in a specified direction at a temperature lower than a melting point of PTFE, and then the pressure-bonded article is stretched further in the specified direction at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of PTFE or heated to a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of PTFE. Thereafter, the pressure-bonded article stretched in the specified direction is stretched in a width direction perpendicular to the specified direction at a temperature lower than the melting point of PTFE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Shimatani, Akira Sanami
  • Publication number: 20100247857
    Abstract: The sound-permeable member 18 includes a waterproof sound-permeable membrane 1 that allows sound to pass therethrough and blocks liquid from passing therethrough and a main body 8 having an opening 8p for passing sound. The opening 8p is closed by the waterproof sound-permeable membrane 1. The waterproof sound-permeable membrane 1 is fixed to the main body 8 in a slack state. A polytetrafluoroethylene porous membrane and a porous ultrahigh-molecular weight polyethylene membrane preferably can be used as the waterproof sound-permeable membrane 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Sanami, Eiji Matsuda, Fuyuki Eriguchi