Patents by Inventor Atsuhito Komoto

Atsuhito Komoto 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: 11219870
    Abstract: A separation membrane (10) of the present disclosure includes: a separation functional layer (30) composed of a polyamide; and a coating (40) covering the separation functional layer (30) and containing a polymer having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), N+ is a nitrogen atom constituting a quaternary ammonium cation, and R1 and R2 are each independently a substituent containing a carbon atom bonded to the nitrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomotsugu Miyabe, Atsuhito Komoto
  • Publication number: 20210121830
    Abstract: A separation membrane (10) of the present disclosure includes: a separation functional layer (30) composed of a polyamide containing, as a monomer unit, at least one selected from the group consisting of piperazine and a piperazine derivative; and a coating (40) covering the separation functional layer (30) and containing a polymer having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), N+ is a nitrogen atom constituting a quaternary ammonium cation, and R1 and R2 are each independently a substituent containing a carbon atom bonded to the nitrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Tomotsugu MIYABE, Atsuhito KOMOTO
  • Patent number: 10913034
    Abstract: A separation membrane (10) of the present disclosure includes: a separation functional layer (30) composed of a polyamide containing, as a monomer unit, at least one selected from the group consisting of piperazine and a piperazine derivative; and a coating (40) covering the separation functional layer (30) and containing a polymer having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), N+ is a nitrogen atom constituting a quaternary ammonium cation, and R1 and R2 are each independently a substituent containing a carbon atom bonded to the nitrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomotsugu Miyabe, Atsuhito Komoto
  • Patent number: 10682615
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a composite semi-permeable membrane having high processing efficiency even when processing of wastewater having a suspended matter content high enough to tend to result in clogging, said processing efficiency being unlikely to decline even under elevated-pressure operation accompanying continuous use at high pressure. The present invention pertains to a composite semi-permeable membrane having a polymer porous layer on one surface of a nonwoven cloth layer, and a polyamide separation function layer on the polymer porous layer, wherein the ratio of the thickness of the polymer porous layer to the thickness of the nonwoven cloth layer is 0.22 to 0.45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Echizen, Atsuhito Komoto, Yasuyuki Sakakibara, Kazusa Matsui, Taisuke Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200094197
    Abstract: A separation membrane (10) of the present disclosure includes: a separation functional layer (30) composed of a polyamide; and a coating (40) covering the separation functional layer (30) and containing a polymer having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), N+ is a nitrogen atom constituting a quaternary ammonium cation, and R1 and R2 are each independently a substituent containing a carbon atom bonded to the nitrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Tomotsugu MIYABE, Atsuhito KOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200094194
    Abstract: A separation membrane (10) of the present disclosure includes: a separation functional layer (30) composed of a polyamide containing, as a monomer unit, at least one selected from the group consisting of piperazine and a piperazine derivative; and a coating (40) covering the separation functional layer (30) and containing a polymer having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), N+ is a nitrogen atom constituting a quaternary ammonium cation, and R1 and R2 are each independently a substituent containing a carbon atom bonded to the nitrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Tomotsugu MIYABE, Atsuhito KOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170348645
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a porous support that is unlikely to curl (the incidence of MD curling is low). This porous support has a polymer porous layer on one surface of a nonwoven cloth layer, the nonwoven cloth layer having an MD bend stiffness of 1.2 to 2.1 g·cm2/cm, and an MD bend recovery of 0.3 to 0.6 g·cm/cm. The nonwoven cloth layer is impregnated with a polymer that is the material for forming the polymer porous layer, the impregnation ratio of the polymer impregnated in the nonwoven cloth layer being 25 to 34% by weight of the total weight of the polymer in the polymer porous layer and the polymer impregnated in the nonwoven cloth layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mieko NISHI, Atsuhito KOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160279581
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a composite semi-permeable membrane having high processing efficiency even when processing of wastewater having a suspended matter content high enough to tend to result in clogging, said processing efficiency being unlikely to decline even under elevated-pressure operation accompanying continuous use at high pressure. The present invention pertains to a composite semi-permeable membrane having a polymer porous layer on one surface of a nonwoven cloth layer, and a polyamide separation function layer on the polymer porous layer, wherein the ratio of the thickness of the polymer porous layer to the thickness of the nonwoven cloth layer is 0.22 to 0.45.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Masashi Echizen, Atsuhito Komoto, Yasuyuki Sakakibara, Kazusa Matsui, Taisuke Yamaguchi