Patents by Inventor Chikao Morishige

Chikao Morishige 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: 11511473
    Abstract: It is provided that a method for producing a biaxially oriented polyester film that can be used for industrial and packaging applications. A method for producing a biaxially oriented polyester film, comprising: a step of feeding a polyester resin into an extruder, a step of extruding the molten polyester resin from an extruder to obtain a molten resin sheet at 250 to 310° C., a step of attaching the molten resin sheet closely to a cooling roll by an electrostatic application method to obtain an unstretched sheet, and a step of biaxially stretching the unstretched sheet, wherein the polyester resin fulfills the following (A) to (C): (A) the polyester resin comprises a polyethylene furandicarboxylate resin composed of a furandicarboxylic acid and ethylene glycol; (B) an intrinsic viscosity of the polyester resin is 0.50 dL/g or more; (C) a melt specific resistance value at 250° C. of the polyester resin is 3.0×107 ?·cm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOBO CO., LTD., FURANIX TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Shota Hayakawa, Yukihiro Numata, Katsuya Ito, Jun Inagaki, Toshiyuki Shimizu, Shoichi Gyobu, Chikao Morishige, Jesper Gabriel Van Berkel
  • Publication number: 20210016484
    Abstract: It is provided that a method for producing a biaxially oriented polyester film that can be used for industrial and packaging applications. A method for producing a biaxially oriented polyester film, comprising: a step of feeding a polyester resin into an extruder, a step of extruding the molten polyester resin from an extruder to obtain a molten resin sheet at 250 to 310° C., a step of attaching the molten resin sheet closely to a cooling roll by an electrostatic application method to obtain an unstretched sheet, and a step of biaxially stretching the unstretched sheet, wherein the polyester resin fulfills the following (A) to (C): (A) the polyester resin comprises a polyethylene furandicarboxylate resin composed of a furandicarboxylic acid and ethylene glycol; (B) an intrinsic viscosity of the polyester resin is 0.50 dL/g or more; (C) a melt specific resistance value at 250° C. of the polyester resin is 3.0×107 ?·cm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., FURANIX TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Shota HAYAKAWA, Yukihiro NUMATA, Katsuya ITO, Jun INAGAKI, Toshiyuki SHIMIZU, Shoichi GYOBU, Chikao MORISHIGE, Jesper Gabriel VAN BERKEL
  • Patent number: 10407555
    Abstract: To provide a furandicarboxylate unit-containing polyester film usable for industrial and packaging purposes. The film of the present invention is a polyester film, which is a biaxially oriented film of a polyester resin including a dicarboxylic acid component containing mainly a furandicarboxylic acid and a glycol component containing mainly ethylene glycol, wherein the film has a plane orientation coefficient ?P of not less than 0.005 and not more than 0.200 and a film thickness of not thinner than 1 micro meter and not thicker than 300 micro meters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOBO CO., LTD., SYNVINA C.V.
    Inventors: Jun Inagaki, Katsuya Ito, Toshiyuki Shimizu, Shoichi Gyobu, Chikao Morishige, Jesper Gabriel Van Berkel
  • Publication number: 20180244878
    Abstract: To provide a furandicarboxylate unit-containing polyester film usable for industrial and packaging purposes. The film of the present invention is a polyester film, which is a biaxially oriented film of a polyester resin including a dicarboxylic acid component containing mainly a furandicarboxylic acid and a glycol component containing mainly ethylene glycol, wherein the film has a plane orientation coefficient AP of not less than 0.005 and not more than 0.200 and a film thickness of not thinner than 1 micro meter and not thicker than 300 micro meters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., SYNVINA C.V.
    Inventors: Jun INAGAKI, Katsuya ITO, Toshiyuki SHIMIZU, Shoichi GYOBU, Chikao MORISHIGE, Jesper Gabriel VAN BERKEL
  • Patent number: 7812623
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film roll which has a transparent conductive layer on at least one surface thereof and has an excellent distribution uniformity of surface resistance in longitudinal and lateral directions thereof wherein the distribution uniformity D of surface resistance defined by the following expression (1) is 0.2 or less when the surface resistance of the transparent conductive layer is measured at a total of 33 points within the film roll, and therefore, is suitable especially for a large panel, D=(Rmax?Rmin)/(Rmax+Rmin)??(1) where Rmax and Rmin represent the maximum and minimum values of 33 surface resistance measurement values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Oya, Hideo Murakami, Chikao Morishige, Yuji Kakita, Hideki Jinbou, Kenjiro Ueda, Takahiro Kubota
  • Patent number: 7531238
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminated thermoplastic resin film which is excellent in adhesion and blocking resistance. A laminated thermoplastic resin film has a covering layer containing a copolymerized polyester resin and a polyurethane resin on one side or both sides of a thermoplastic resin film, characterized in that the covering layer has a microphase-separated or nanophase-separated structure in polyester (PE) phase A comprising a copolymerized polyester resin as a main component and polyurethane (PU) phase B comprising a polyurethane resin as a main component, and when the covering layer is observed by a scanning probe microscopy in phase measurement mode, an area ration (surface fraction of PEs) of polyester phase A (which indicates a dark phase in phase image) of the surface of the covering layer defined by following the formula (1) is 35% or more and less than 90% per 20 a measurement area of 5 ?m×5 ?m. Surface fraction of PEs (%)=(area of PEs phase A/measurement area)×100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Mizuno, Shigenori Iwade, Hideki Sugihara, Chikao Morishige, Yasuhiro Nishino, Katsuhiko Nose, Toshitake Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7521126
    Abstract: A readily-adhesive polyester film for optical applications that suppresses rainbow reflections under fluorescent lamps and has excellent adhesion to a hard coating layer and exhibits excellent adhesion at high temperatures and high humidities (resistance to humidity and heat) includes a biaxially-stretched polyester film and a coating layer that is stacked on at least one side of the polyester film and produced by applying to at least one side of the polyester film an aqueous coating liquid containing a resin composition including (A) an aqueous polyester resin and (B) at least one compound that is a water-soluble titanium chelate compound, a water-soluble titanium acylate compound, a water-soluble zirconium chelate compound or a water-soluble zirconium acylate compound as main components. The mixing ratio (A)/(B) is from 10/90 to 95/5 by weight. After that the coating is dried and then stretched in at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Taki, Chikao Morishige, Harunobu Kuroiwa
  • Publication number: 20090039878
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film roll which has a transparent conductive layer on at least one surface thereof and has an excellent distribution uniformity of surface resistance in longitudinal and lateral directions thereof wherein the distribution uniformity D of surface resistance defined by the following expression (1) is 0.2 or less when the surface resistance of the transparent conductive layer is measured at a total of 33 points within the film roll, and therefore, is suitable especially for a large panel, D=(Rmax?Rmin)/(Rmax+Rmin)??(1) where Rmax and Rmin represent the maximum and minimum values of 33 surface resistance measurement values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Toshiyuki OYA, Hideo Murakami, Chikao Morishige, Yuji Kakita, Hideki Jinbou, Kenjiro Ueda, Takahiro Kubota
  • Patent number: 7436190
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film roll which has a transparent conductive layer on at least one surface thereof and has an excellent distribution uniformity of surface resistance in longitudinal and lateral directions thereof wherein the distribution uniformity D of surface resistance defined by the following expression (1) is 0.2 or less when the surface resistance of the transparent conductive layer is measured at a total of 33 points within the film roll, and therefore, is suitable especially for a large panel, D=(Rmax?Rmin)/(Rmax+Rmin) ??(1) where Rmax and Rmin represent the maximum and minimum values of 33 surface resistance measurement values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Oya, Hideo Murakami, Chikao Morishige, Yuji Kakita, Hideki Jinbou, Kenjiro Ueda, Takahiro Kubota
  • Publication number: 20080131704
    Abstract: [PROBLEMS] The present invention provides a laminated thermoplastic resin film which is excellent in adhesion and blocking resistance. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A laminated thermoplastic resin film has a covering layer containing a copolymerized polyester resin and a polyurethane resin on one side or both sides of a thermoplastic resin film, characterized in that the covering layer has a microphase-separated or nanophase-separated structure in PEs phase A comprising a copolymerized PE resin as a main component and PU phase B comprising a PU resin as a main component, and when the covering layer is observed by a scanning probe microscopy in phase measurement mode, an area ratio (surface fraction of PEs) of PEs phase A (which indicates a dark phase in phase image) of the surface of the covering layer defined by following formula (1) is 35% or more and less than 90% per a measurement area of 5 ?m×5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Naoki Mizuno, Shigenori Iwade, Hideki Sugihara, Chikao Morishige, Yasuhiro Nishino, Katsuhiko Nose, Toshitake Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20060257760
    Abstract: The near-infrared ray absorption film of the present invention is a near-infrared ray absorption film in which a near-infrared ray absorption layer comprising a composition containing a near-infrared ray absorbing dye having maximum absorption at a wavelength of 800 to 1200 nm, and a resin is provided on a transparent substrate film, and is characterized that a surfactant having HLB of 2 to 12 is contained in the composition at 0.01 to 2.0% by mass. There can be provided a near-infrared ray absorption film excellent in coated film appearance which has the wide absorbing ability in the near-infrared ray absorbing region, has a high light transmittance in the visible light region, has little change in optical properties with time, and can respond to a higher luminance of a display, and higher-definition and higher image quality by Hi-Vision broadcasting in recent years.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Kenichi Mori, Akira Yoshimi, Shinya Onomichi, Toshiyuki Shimizu, Tasuku Kosaka, Hiroshi Taki, Naoki Mizuno, Yoshitomo Ikehata, Chikao Morishige
  • Publication number: 20060227439
    Abstract: A readily-adhesive polyester film for optical applications that suppresses rainbow reflections under fluorescent lamps and has excellent adhesion to a hard coating layer and exhibits excellent adhesion at high temperatures and high humidities (resistance to humidity and heat) includes a biaxially-stretched polyester film and a coating layer that is stacked on at least one side of the polyester film and produced by applying to at least one side of the polyester film an aqueous coating liquid containing a resin composition including (A) an aqueous polyester resin and (B) at least one compound that is a water-soluble titanium chelate compound, a water-soluble titanium acylate compound, a water-soluble zirconium chelate compound or a water-soluble zirconium acylate compound as main components. The mixing ratio (A)/(B) is from 10/90 to 95/5 by weight. After that the coating is dried and then stretched in at least one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Taki, Chikao Morishige, Harunobu Kuroiwa
  • Publication number: 20040246238
    Abstract: A transparent conductive film roll which has a transparent conductive layer on at least one surface thereof and has an excellent distribution uniformity of surface resistance in longitudinal and lateral directions thereof wherein the distribution uniformity D of surface resistance defined by the following expression (1) is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Oya, Hideo Murakami, Chikao Morishige, Yuji Kakita, Hideki Jinbou, Kenjiro Ueda, Takahiro Kubota
  • Patent number: 6703138
    Abstract: A laminated polyester film in which a coating layer whose main constituent component is a water-soluble or water-dispersible resin is provided on at least one side of a polyester film, wherein the water resistance value of the film is at least 90%, the discoloration after melt molding is no more than 10, and the haze value change after heating is no more than 20%. Adhesion, water resistance, recoverability, and whitening resistance after heating are all excellent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Taki, Chikao Morishige, Shinya Higashiura, Masayoshi Satoh
  • Patent number: 6596407
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coated polyester film consisting of a polyester film having opacity as shown by an optical density of not less than 0.3, and a coating layer formed on at least one surface of this polyester film, wherein a surface of this coating layer shows a 60-degree specular glossiness G1 and a 75-degree specular glossiness G2, that satisfy the following formulas (1) and (2): G1≦20  (1) 1<G2/G1≦4  (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Syuichi Nishimura, Satoshi Tsukamoto, Chikao Morishige, Tadashi Okudaira, Mutsuo Nishi
  • Patent number: 6489021
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-layer resin film having excellent oxygen gas barrier properties, particularly even at high humidity, and further having no chlorine content. The multi-layer resin film of the present invention has a biaxially-stretched polypropylene resin film, an adhesive layer formed on at least one surface of the polypropylene resin film, and a polyvinyl alcohol resin layer formed on the adhesive layer, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol resin layer has a value of crystallinity parameter (CP (M//) ⊥) not less than 0.8. The multi-layer resin film of the present invention can be prepared by forming an adhesive layer on at least one surface of an unstretched polypropylene resin film; stretching the film in one direction; forming a polyvinyl alcohol resin layer on the adhesive layer; and stretching the film in another direction perpendicular to the direction of previous stretching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Ichiro Kitaura, Yutaka Matsumura, Noriko Takahashi, Takeshi Ohazama, Chikao Morishige
  • Patent number: 6376093
    Abstract: A polyamide film satisfying (a) a haze value of not more than 5.0%, (b) a coefficient of kinetic friction (A) of not more than 1.0 under 50% humidity, the coefficient (A) being measured with regard to fiction between the same two polyamide films, and (c) a ratio of coefficients of kinetic friction (B)/(A) of not more than 1.5, the (B) being a coefficient of kinetic friction at 65% humidity, a billy oriented polyamide film showing an average dimensional change of not more than 3.0% and a difference between the smallest dimensional change and the largest dimensional change of not more than 2.0%, between before immersion in hot water at 95° C. and during the immersion, and an average dimensional change of not more than 4.0% and a difference between the smallest dimensional change and the largest dimensional change of not more than 2.0%, between the film without treatment and the film after withdrawal from said hot water; and a polyamide laminate film containing the film as a substrate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinji Fujita, Masaki Sugimoto, Shigeru Komeda, Masazumi Iwanishi, Masayoshi Satoh, Chikao Morishige, Kiyoshi Iseki, Seiichiro Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20020037423
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-layer resin film having excellent oxygen gas barrier properties, particularly even at high humidity, and further having no chlorine content. The multi-layer resin film of the present invention has a biaxially-stretched polypropylene resin film, an adhesive layer formed on at least one surface of the polypropylene resin film, and a polyvinyl alcohol resin layer formed on the adhesive layer, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol resin layer has a value of crystallinity parameter (CP (M//) ⊥) not less than 0.8. The multi-layer resin film of the present invention can be prepared by forming an adhesive layer on at least one surface of an unstretched polypropylene resin film; stretching the film in one direction; forming a polyvinyl alcohol resin layer on the adhesive layer; and stretching the film in another direction perpendicular to the direction of previous stretching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Ichiro Kitaura, Yutaka Matsumura, Noriko Takahashi, Takeshi Ohazama, Chikao Morishige
  • Patent number: 6342281
    Abstract: Heat-shrinkable polyester films suitable for label use, wherein the value of tan &dgr; for dynamic viscoelasticity in a main shrinkage direction of the film is 0.15 or higher at 65° C. and takes a maximum of 0.40 or higher at a temperature of 65° C. to 100° C. both inclusive, and the heat shrinkability in the main shrinkage direction of the film after treatment in hot water at 80° C. for 10 seconds is 30% or higher, have excellent shrinkage characteristics over a wide range of temperature extending from low temperatures to high temperatures, particularly in the low temperature range, which may cause only rare occurrence of shrinkage spots, wrinkles, strains, longitudinal sinking, and other defects during heat shrinkage, and which may further have excellent break resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Hayakawa, Hideto Ohashi, Norimi Tabota, Maki Sato, Chikao Morishige
  • Publication number: 20020009607
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coated polyester film consisting of a polyester film having opacity as shown by an optical density of not less than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Syuichi Nishimura, Satoshi Tsukamoto, Chikao Morishige, Tadashi Okudaira, Mutsuo Nishi