Patents by Inventor Atsushi Horihata

Atsushi Horihata 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: 11873583
    Abstract: A fiber for artificial hair constituted of a resin composition containing an aliphatic polyamide. A weight average molecular weight Mw of a dissolved component obtained when the fiber for artificial hair is dissolved in hexafluoroisopropanol is 46,000 or more and less than 65,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi Horihata, Atsushi Takei
  • Patent number: 11807747
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber for artificial hair and a hair decorating product having superior combing property. A fiber for artificial hair includes vinyl chloride based resin, vinyl based copolymer, and vinyl chloride based acrylic graft copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Atsushi Horihata, Masamich Kanaoka, Atsushi Takei, Masashi Kume
  • Publication number: 20220290366
    Abstract: A fiber treatment agent can provide artificial hair fiber with smooth and dry texture. A fiber treatment agent includes water; silicone oil; and ionic liquid. Content of the sum of the silicone oil and the ionic liquid with respect to the water is 2 parts by weight or more and less than 10 parts by weight. Content of the silicone oil with respect to the weight of the water is more than 0.5 parts by weight and 9.5 parts by weight or less. Content of the ionic liquid with respect to the weight of the water is 0.2 parts by weight or more and 5.0 parts by weight or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi HORIHATA, Masamichi KANAOKA, Atsushi TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20220275570
    Abstract: A fiber treatment agent can provide artificial hair fiber with softness. The fiber treatment agent includes a cationic polymer having a structural unit derived from diallyldimethylammonium chloride (DADMAC), and content of the cationic polymer is 0.02 to 0.5 weight %. The cationic polymer preferably has a structural unit derived from acrylamide. Preferably, the fiber treatment agent further includes an antistatic agent, and content of the antistatic agent is 0.2 to 5.0 weight %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi HORIHATA, Masamichi KANAOKA, Atsushi TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20220117341
    Abstract: A fiber for artificial hair is constituted of a resin composition containing an aliphatic polyamide and inorganic particles, and in a particle size distribution of the inorganic particles measured by a laser diffraction method, a ratio (D50/D10) of D50, which is a particle size equivalent to a cumulative percentage of 50% based on volume, to D10, which is a particle size equivalent to a cumulative percentage of 10% based on volume, is 1.8 or more and 3.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi HORIHATA, Takashi MURAOKA, Atsushi TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20220095727
    Abstract: An artificial hair fiber is superior in productivity and flame retardance, and is suppressed in color unevenness. An artificial hair fiber, including polyamide; and 5 to 40 parts by mass of bromine flame retardant and 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of pigment processing pigment with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyamide; wherein the pigment processing pigment includes a colorant and a dispersant; the dispersant is contained by 20 to 80 mass % with respect to 100 mass % of total amount of the colorant and the dispersant; the dispersant includes one or more selected from the group consisting of montanoic acid metallic salt, montanoic acid wax, polyethylene wax, and fluorine wax, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi Horihata, Atsushi Takei
  • Publication number: 20220074079
    Abstract: A fiber for artificial hair constituted of a resin composition containing an aliphatic polyamide. A weight average molecular weight Mw of a dissolved component obtained when the fiber for artificial hair is dissolved in hexafluoroisopropanol is 46,000 or more and less than 65,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi HORIHATA, Atsushi TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20220018041
    Abstract: A fiber for artificial hair formed of a polyvinyl chloride-based resin composition. The fiber for artificial hair has a value X1 of a loss tangent tans at 70° C. of 0.06 or more and 0.12 or less, when dynamic viscoelasticity is measured under the following conditions, and has a peak in a temperature range of 90° C. or higher and 110° C. or lower. (Dynamic viscoelasticity measurement conditions)The measurement is performed by sandwiching a bundle of 40 fibers for artificial hair that are arranged at a heating rate of 4° C./min and a frequency of 1 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi HORIHATA, Atsushi TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20210246294
    Abstract: A fiber for artificial hair, the fiber containing 50 parts by mass or more and 95 parts by mass or less of a vinyl chloride-based resin and 5 parts by mass or more and 50 parts by mass or less of a vinyl-based copolymer resin, in which the vinyl-based copolymer resin contains 60% by mass or more and less than 70% by mass of a styrene-based monomer unit and more than 30% by mass and 40% by mass or less of an acrylonitrile-based monomer unit on the basis of the entire vinyl-based copolymer resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi HORIHATA, Masamichi KANAOKA, Masashi KUME, Atsushi TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20210171754
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber for artificial hair and a hair decorating product having superior combing property. A fiber for artificial hair includes vinyl chloride based resin, vinyl based copolymer, and vinyl chloride based acrylic graft copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Atsushi HORIHATA, Masamich KANAOKA, Atsushi TAKEI, Masashi KUME
  • Patent number: 10905183
    Abstract: A resin composition for flame retardant artificial hair which has favorable transparency and combability similar to those of human hair and exhibits excellent flame retardancy. A resin composition for flame retardant artificial hair is obtained by configuring a resin composition including 100 parts by mass of a polyester (A) and 5-40 parts by mass of a bromine-containing flame retardant (B) including at least one kind selected from poly(pentabromobenzyl acrylate), a brominated phenol resin, and polydibromophenylene oxide, wherein the melt viscosity of the polyester (A) is 80-300 Pa·s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Megumi Tsukahara, Atsushi Horihata, Atsushi Takei
  • Patent number: 10888132
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a fiber for artificial hair which can freely change the hairstyle at home while maintaining the wave shape of the fiber. A fiber for artificial hair having a bending rigidity maintaining ratio defined by formula (1) is 40 to 80% and a heat shrinkage ratio defined by formula (2) is 0.0 to 5.0% is provided. bending rigidity maintaining ratio (%)=100×{(bending rigidity in a state after conditioning for 24 hours at 30° C.×90% RH)/(bending rigidity in a state after conditioning for 24 hours at 23° C.×50% RH)}??(1) heat shrinkage ratio (%)=100×{(length before heat treatment)?(length after heat treatment for 5 min at 155° C.)}/(length before heat treatment)??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi Horihata, Atsushi Takei, Rentaroh Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10856598
    Abstract: Provided is an artificial hair fiber which can prevent detachment between core and sheath, having superior texture close to human hair, and having superior curl retention. An artificial hair fiber has a core-sheath structure, including: a core; and a sheath covering the core; and: the core includes a core resin composition including polyester; the sheath includes a sheath resin composition including polyamide; the core and the sheath have a core/sheath mass ratio of 40/60 to 90/10; and when a melt viscosity of the polyester of the core is expressed as a, and a melt viscosity of the polyamide of the sheath is expressed as b, a viscosity ratio a/b is 0.5 to 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Koji Miyata, Atsushi Horihata, Kazuhito Sonoda, Atsushi Takei
  • Publication number: 20200288801
    Abstract: A fiber bundle for artificial hair that has good curl setting characteristics, good combing property, tactile sensation and glossiness similar to human hair, and flame retardancy is provided. According to the present invention, provided is a fiber bundle for artificial hair is comprising 20 to 90 parts by mass of a polyester fiber and 10 to 80 parts by mass of a polyamide fiber, wherein the polyester fiber contains a polyester resin (A), a flame retardant (C1) and an auxiliary flame retardant (D1), and the polyamide fiber contains a polyamide resin (B), a flame retardant (C2) and an auxiliary flame retardant (D2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Muraoka, Atsushi Horihata, Atsushi Takei
  • Publication number: 20190307192
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a fiber for artificial hair which can freely change the hairstyle at home while maintaining the wave shape of the fiber. A fiber for artificial hair having a bending rigidity maintaining ratio defined by formula (1) is 40 to 80% and a heat shrinkage ratio defined by formula (2) is 0.0 to 5.0% is provided. bending rigidity maintaining ratio (%)=100×{(bending rigidity in a state after conditioning for 24 hours at 30° C.×90% RH)/(bending rigidity in a state after conditioning for 24 hours at 23° C.×50% RH)}??(1) heat shrinkage ratio (%)=100×{(length before heat treatment)?(length after heat treatment for 5 min at 155° C.)}/(length before heat treatment)??(2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsushi Horihata, Atsushi Takei, Rentaroh Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10385209
    Abstract: Polyamide-based fiber for artificial hair that is excellent in drip resistance, texture, and productivity is provided. According to the present invention, provided is fiber for artificial hair, including a resin composition containing: aliphatic polyamide; semi-aromatic polyamide with a skeleton obtained by polycondensation of aliphatic diamine and aromatic dicarboxylic acid; and a bromine-based flame retardant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Yudai Ogawa, Kouta Nagaoka, Atsushi Horihata, Shigeharu Yoshii, Atsushi Takei
  • Publication number: 20190125020
    Abstract: A resin composition for flame retardant artificial hair which has favorable transparency and combability similar to those of human hair and exhibits excellent flame retardancy. A resin composition for flame retardant artificial hair is obtained by configuring a resin composition including 100 parts by mass of a polyester (A) and 5-40 parts by mass of a bromine-containing flame retardant (B) including at least one kind selected from poly(pentabromobenzyl acrylate), a brominated phenol resin, and polydibromophenylene oxide, wherein the melt viscosity of the polyester (A) is 80-300 Pa·s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Megumi TSUKAHARA, Atsushi HORIHATA, Atsushi TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20190090565
    Abstract: Provided is an artificial hair fiber which can prevent detachment between core and sheath, having superior texture close to human hair, and having superior curl retention. An artificial hair fiber has a core-sheath structure, including: a core; and a sheath covering the core; and: the core includes a core resin composition including polyester; the sheath includes a sheath resin composition including polyamide; the core and the sheath have a core/sheath mass ratio of 40/60 to 90/10; and when a melt viscosity of the polyester of the core is expressed as a, and a melt viscosity of the polyamide of the sheath is expressed as b, a viscosity ratio a/b is 0.5 to 2.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Koji Miyata, Atsushi Horihata, Kazuhito Sonoda, Atsushi Takei
  • Publication number: 20170260391
    Abstract: Polyamide-based fiber for artificial hair that is excellent in drip resistance, texture, and productivity is provided. According to the present invention, provided is fiber for artificial hair, including a resin composition containing: aliphatic polyamide; semi-aromatic polyamide with a skeleton obtained by polycondensation of aliphatic diamine and aromatic dicarboxylic acid; and a bromine-based flame retardant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Yudai Ogawa, Kouta Nagaoka, Atsushi Horihata, Shigeharu Yoshii, Atsushi Takei
  • Patent number: 9756886
    Abstract: Artificial hair fiber having shape memory and shape restoration function, artificial hair fiber having excellent flame resistance, and artificial hair fiber having low gloss appearance are provided. Provided is an artificial hair fiber including a resin composition including at least one polyamide, the artificial hair fiber satisfying at least one of constitutions (1) to (3): (1) the fiber has a modulus of elasticity of 2400 to 3000 N/mm2; (2) the polyamide has a weight average molecular weight Mw of 6.5×104 to 15×104 and the fiber has a modulus of elasticity of 500 to 15000 N/mm2; (3) the fiber has a modulus of elasticity of 500 to 15000 N/mm2 and the resin composition contains 5 to 20 parts by mass of fine particles with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kimura, Yudai Ogawa, Yuhei Kasahara, Atsushi Horihata