Patents by Inventor Fumio Matsuoka

Fumio Matsuoka 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: 11608427
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition having high heat-resisting properties, with which a shaping can be performed in accordance with designed sizes using a fused deposition modeling method-3D printer, and from which a shaped object having a small warpage and small changes in sizes due to water can be obtained. The present invention relates to a resin composition for a shaping material of a fused deposition modeling method-3D printer, comprising cellulose fibers in a polyamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Miho Nakai, Azusa Usui, Shohei Kumazawa, Shota Noguchi, Fumio Matsuoka, Hiroo Kamikawa
  • Publication number: 20210002478
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition formodeling materials for fused deposition modeling 3D printers, the resin composition containing a polyarylate resin (A) and a polyester resin (B), containing the component (A) and a polyamide resin (C), or containing tape component (A) and a polycarbonate resin (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Azusa Usui, Hiroo Kamikawa, Fumio Matsuoka, Shohei Kumazawa
  • Publication number: 20200362144
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition having high heat-resisting properties, with which a shaping can be performed in accordance with designed sizes using a fused deposition modeling method-3D printer, and from which a shaped object having a small warpage and small changes in sizes due to water can be obtained. The present invention relates to a resin composition for a shaping material of a fused deposition modeling method-3D printer, comprising cellulose fibers in a polyamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Miho NAKAI, Azusa USUI, Shohei KUMAZAWA, Shota NOGUCHI, Fumio MATSUOKA, Hiroo KAMIKAWA
  • Patent number: 8701425
    Abstract: A refrigeration air conditioning system having a moisture adsorption means regenerated by discharged condensation heat or other discharged heat of a low temperature range in the refrigeration cycle, and exerting stable cooling performance even at a dry-bulb temperature of 0° C. or less. A desiccant rotor, holds an adsorbent having pore sizes of, for example, 1-1.4 nm in a space at a predetermined temperature range of a dry-bulb temperature of 0° C. or less. Forming of frost on an evaporator is prevented by supplying the dehumidified air by the desiccant rotor to the evaporator disposed on a leeward side thereof in a freezing room as the desiccant rotor is rotated, while the adsorbent having adsorbed moisture is dried and recovers its adsorbing ability by supplying the air dried by discharged heat from a condenser on the windward side thereof to the desiccant rotor outside of the freezing room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Morimoto, Takeshi Sugimoto, Fumio Matsuoka, Tetsuya Yamashita, Koji Yamashita, Takeyuki Maegawa
  • Patent number: 7972669
    Abstract: Disclosed is a foam sheet made of a biodegradable resin composition. The biodegradable resin composition contains a wax and/or a polyolefin resin. The biodegradable resin is mainly composed of polylactic acid. Natural candelilla wax or paraffin wax is preferable as the wax. Polyethylene is preferable as the polyolefin resin. Also disclosed are a foam article and a molded container made of such a foam sheet wherein the degree of crystallinity of the biodegradable resin is 10% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Unitika Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Matsuoka, Kazue Ueda, Tatsuya Matsumoto, Yutaka Oogi
  • Publication number: 20100282455
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is used which has heat transfer tubes acting as flow paths of a refrigerant and metal fins having pores opened inward from the surfaces thereof for adsorbing and desorbing moisture in air within the range of a relative pressure of 0.1 to 0.9 so as to transfer heat of the heat transfer tubes to air, wherein the pores have a diameter of 1 to 20 nm and a depth of 1 to 100 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeyuki Maegawa, Hiroyuki Morimoto, Takeshi Sugimoto, Tetsuya Yamashita, Koji Yamashita, Fumio Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 7807773
    Abstract: A biodegradable polyester resin composition which comprises a thermoplastic polymer comprising 100 parts by mass of an aliphatic polyester (A) and 0.01 to 5 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic ester (B1) and/or a glycidyl ether (B2, and has a gelation index (1) of not lower than 0.1% and a gelation index (2) of not higher than 0.5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Unitika Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Matsuoka, Kazue Ueda, Tatsuya Matsumoto, Yutaka Oogi
  • Publication number: 20100170273
    Abstract: In a range of a wind velocity of 0.5 to 3.5 (m/s) in a refrigeration cycle, when combining absorbent having a small dependency on the wind velocity and the refrigeration cycle, it is not possible to vary dehumidification capability by changing the wind velocity and matching with an actual load is poor. In a refrigerating and air conditioning apparatus having a refrigerator 20 in which refrigerant is put, and having a compressor 20a for compressing the refrigerant, a condenser 20b, and a throttle device 20c, and an evaporator 20d, and a desiccant rotor 1, which is water adsorption means, an adsorbent is supported with the desiccant rotor 1, whose time constant at a water adsorption equilibrium becomes small as a wind velocity increases in the range of the wind velocity of 0.5 to 3.5 m/s, the condenser 20b is disposed upwind of the desiccant rotor 1, and the evaporator 20d is disposed downwind of the desiccant rotor 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Morimoto, Takeshi Sugimoto, Fumio Matsuoka, Koji Yamashita, Tetsuya Yamashita, Kouji Fukui, Takeyuki Maegawa
  • Publication number: 20100107681
    Abstract: Heat exchangers 40, 40a, 40b for performing heat exchange between a refrigerant and air include fins 45, 45a, 45b for heat transfer, each of which has fine pores each having a diameter ranging from 1 to 3.5 nm for adsorbing water contained in the air by a capillary condensation phenomenon. Preferably, the fine pores are distributed having a different diameter in accordance with the position of the fins 45, 45a, 45b on the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Morimoto, Takeshi Sugimoto, Fumio Matsuoka, Koji Yamashita, Tetsuya Yamashita, Takeyuki Maegawa
  • Publication number: 20100056656
    Abstract: Disclosed is a biodegradable polyester resin composition which is obtained by melt-kneading 100 parts by mass of a biodegradable polyester resin (A) containing 70 mol % or more of an ?- and/or a ?-hydroxycarboxylic acid unit, 3 to 30 parts by mass of a polyether/olefin block copolymer resin or a polyether ester amide copolymer resin (B), 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid ester compound (C) having in the molecule thereof two or more (meth)acrylic groups, or alternatively one or more (meth)acrylic groups and one or more glycidyl or vinyl groups, and 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of a peroxide (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Fumio Matsuoka, Kazue Ueda, Yutaka Oogi
  • Publication number: 20100000243
    Abstract: To obtain a refrigeration air conditioning system having a dehumidifying function by means of a moisture adsorption means, allowing the moisture adsorption means to be regenerated by use of discharged condensation heat or other discharged heat of a low temperature range in the refrigeration cycle, and exerting stable cooling performance even at a dry-bulb temperature of 0° C. or less. A desiccant rotor 1, being a moisture adsorption means, is made to hold an adsorbent having pore sizes of 5 ?m or less, more preferably 20 nm or less, and furthermore preferably 1-1.4 nm in a space at a predetermined temperature range of a dry-bulb temperature of 0° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Morimoto, Takeshi Sugimoto, Fumio Matsuoka, Tetsuya Yamashita, Koji Yamashita, Takeyuki Maegawa
  • Publication number: 20090258175
    Abstract: Disclosed is a foam sheet made of a biodegradable resin composition. The biodegradable resin composition contains a wax and/or a polyolefin resin. The biodegradable resin is mainly composed of polylactic acid. Natural candelilla wax or paraffin wax is preferable as the wax. Polyethylene is preferable as the polyolefin resin. Also disclosed are a foam article and a molded container made of such a foam sheet wherein the degree of crystallinity of the biodegradable resin is 10% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Fumio Matsuoka, Kazue Ueda, Tatsuya Matsumoto, Yutaka Oogi
  • Patent number: 7449510
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a biodegradable polyester resin composition which is excellent in gas barrier properties, mechanical strength and heat resistance and has Theological characteristics advantageously usable in molding a foamed article, etc., a process for producing the same, and a foamed article and a molded article using the same. The biodegradable polyester resin composition contains 100 parts by mass of a biodegradable polyester resin containing 59% mole or more of a hydroxycarboxylic acid unit, 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid ester compound and 0.05 to 20 parts by mass of a layered silicate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Unitika Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazue Ueda, Fumio Matsuoka, Akinobu Ogami, Tatsuya Matsumoto, Takuma Yano, Kazuko Yoshimura, Kazunobu Yamada, Masami Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7351772
    Abstract: An aliphatic polyester resin composition is provided which is excellent in heat resistance, moldability and hydrolysis resistance. The aliphatic polyester resin composition comprises a biodegradable polyester resin (A) essentially including an ?- and/or ?-hydroxycarboxylic acid unit and crosslinked by at least one crosslinking agent (B) selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylate compounds and polyvalent isocyanate compounds, wherein some or all of carboxyl groups of the resin (A) are blocked by 0.01 to 20 parts by mass of a terminal blocking agent (C) based on 100 parts by mass of the resin (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Unitika Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuma Yano, Kazue Ueda, Fumio Matsuoka, Tatsuya Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20070179253
    Abstract: A biodegradable polyester resin composition which comprises a thermoplastic polymer comprising 100 parts by mass of an aliphatic polyester (A) and 0.01 to 5 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic ester (B1) and/or a glycidyl ether (B2), and has a gelation index (1) of not lower than 0.1% and a gelation index (2) of not higher than 0.5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Fumio Matsuoka, Kazue Ueda, Tatsuya Matsumoto, Yutaka Oogi
  • Patent number: 7173080
    Abstract: A biodegradable resin composition and an object molded or formed from the composition. The resin composition comprises: 100 parts by weight of a biodegradable polyester resin comprising not smaller than 50% by weight of polylactic acid having a melting point of not lower than 160° C., the biodegradable polyester resin having a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 50 g/10 min as measured under a load of 21.2 N at 190° C.; and 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a phyllosilicate containing a primary, secondary or tertiary amine salt, a quaternary ammonium salt or a phosphonium salt ionically bonded between layers thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Unitika Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunobu Yamada, Kazue Ueda, Akinobu Ogami, Fumio Matsuoka, Shigeru Hayase, Takuma Yano, Kazuko Yoshimura, Masami Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20070027247
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a biodegradable polyester resin composition which is excellent in gas barrier properties, mechanical strength and heat resistance and has Theological characteristics advantageously usable in molding a foamed article, etc., a process for producing the same, and a foamed article and a molded article using the same. The biodegradable polyester resin composition contains 100 parts by mass of a biodegradable polyester resin containing 59% mole or more of a hydroxycarboxylic acid unit, 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid ester compound and 0.05 to 20 parts by mass of a layered silicate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Kazue Ueda, Fumio Matsuoka, Akinobu Ogami, Tatsuya Matsumoto, Takuma Yano, Kazuko Yoshimura, Kazunobu Yamada, Masami Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20060276617
    Abstract: An aliphatic polyester resin composition is provided which is excellent in heat resistance, moldability and hydrolysis resistance. The aliphatic polyester resin composition comprises a biodegradable polyester resin (A) essentially including an ?- and/or ?-hydroxycarboxylic acid unit and crosslinked by at least one crosslinking agent (B) selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylate compounds and polyvalent isocyanate compounds, wherein some or all of carboxyl groups of the resin (A) are blocked by 0.01 to 20 parts by mass of a terminal blocking agent (C) based on 100 parts by mass of the resin (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Yano, Kazue Ueda, Fumio Matsuoka, Tatsuya Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20050043462
    Abstract: A biodegradable resin composition and an object molded or formed from the composition. The resin composition comprises: 100 parts by weight of a biodegradable polyester resin comprising not smaller than 50% by weight of polylactic acid having a melting point of not lower than 160° C., the biodegradable polyester resin having a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 50 g/10 min as measured under a load of 21.2 N at 190° C.; and 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a phyllosilicate containing a primary, secondary or tertiary amine salt, a quaternary ammonium salt or a phosphonium salt ionically bonded between layers thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Kazunobu Yamada, Kazue Ueda, Akinobu Ogami, Fumio Matsuoka, Shigeru Hayase, Takuma Yano, Kazuko Yoshimura, Masami Okamoto
  • Patent number: 6787493
    Abstract: A formable biodegradable filament nonwoven fabric and a production method therefor are provided. A biodegradable polymer comprising a thermoplastic aliphatic polyester as its principal component is melted and extruded through a spinneret into filaments. While being quenched with quench air blow, the extruded filaments are drafted at a drafting speed of 1,000 to 2,500 m/min by means of a suction device disposed below the spinneret. The drafted filaments are spread and accumulated on a movable collector surface thereby to be formed into a web, which is then treated for formation of a nonwoven fabric. The constituent filaments of the nonwoven fabric has a polymer supercool index of 0.3 to 0.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Unitika, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Nagaoka, Fumio Matsuoka, Naoji Ichise