Patents by Inventor Harunobu Komatsu

Harunobu Komatsu 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: 20240141189
    Abstract: A dispersion liquid includes water, a coloring material, and a dispersion resin that disperses the coloring material, and the dispersion resin has a constituent unit A containing a hydrophobic monomer, a constituent unit B containing an unsaturated aliphatic dicarboxylic acid monomer, and a constituent unit C containing an acrylamide monomer having a sulfonic acid group. The weight-average molecular weight of the dispersion resin is from 10,000 to 100,000, the content of the constituent unit A is 40 mol % or more relative to the total amount of the dispersion resin, and the content of the constituent unit B is 4 mol % or more relative to the total amount of the dispersion resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Toshihiro OTAKE, Hiroshi ITO, Harunobu KOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20240010857
    Abstract: A dispersion of the present disclosure includes a polyester functioning as a dispersant, water, and a dispersoid, and the polyester includes, as a monomer component, a first monomer having an aromatic ring on a side chain and a second monomer having at least one selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group which forms no ester bond and a sulfo group. A content of the first monomer with respect to all monomers forming the polyester is preferably 25 to 75 percent by mole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Nikako TSUKIJI, Hiroshi ITO, Koichi TERAO, Harunobu KOMATSU, Hajime KAKISHITA
  • Publication number: 20240010862
    Abstract: A dispersion of the present disclosure includes a polyester functioning as a dispersant, water, a dispersoid, and a solvent, the polyester has a carboxy group which forms no ester bond and a sulfo group, and the solvent includes a polyol having a log P of ?2.0 to 0.0. In the polyester, a rate of a content of a monomer having the carboxy group to a content of a monomer having the sulfo group is preferably 50% to 200% on a molar basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi ITO, Koichi TERAO, Nikako TSUKIJI, Hajime KAKISHITA, Harunobu KOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230295359
    Abstract: A method of producing an acrylic copolymer of the present disclosure is a method of producing an acrylic copolymer that contains a RAFT agent, a polymerization initiator, and a monomer including at least an acrylic monomer, in which a mass ratio of an amount of the polymerization initiator to be charged to an amount of the RAFT agent to be charged is preferably 3.0 or greater and 18.0 or less. A mass ratio of an amount of the monomer to be charged to the amount of the RAFT agent to be charged is 100 or greater and 1000 or less. A mass ratio of an amount of the monomer to be charged to the amount of the polymerization initiator to be charged is 50 or greater and 300 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Harunobu KOMATSU, Koji HORIBA
  • Patent number: 11628651
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition used for forming a laminated glass interlayer film or a solar cell encapsulant, the resin composition including an ionomer (A) of an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid-based copolymer, wherein metal ions constituting the ionomer (A) of the ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid-based copolymer includes two or more kinds of polyvalent metal ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: DOW-MITSUI POLYCHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Harunobu Komatsu, Kei Nagayama, Norihiko Sato, Kana Fukuyama, Motoaki Isokawa
  • Publication number: 20230057386
    Abstract: An ink jet composition of the present disclosure includes: water; a polyester resin having sulfo groups; and a colorant, the colorant is contained in particles formed from a material containing the polyester resin, and the sulfo groups have a high abundance ratio at a surface of each of the particles as compared to that at a center thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Soichi YAMAZAKI, Koichi TERAO, Nikako TSUKIJI, Koji HORIBA, Harunobu KOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230055161
    Abstract: An ink jet composition of the present disclosure includes water; a polyester resin having sulfo groups; and a colorant, the colorant is contained in particles formed from a material containing the polyester resin, and the particles have an average particle diameter of 100 nm or less and are contained in the ink jet composition at a content rate of 15 percent by mass or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Nikako TSUKIJI, Soichi YAMAZAKI, Koichi TERAO, Harunobu KOMATSU, Koji HORIBA
  • Publication number: 20230051678
    Abstract: An ink jet composition of the present disclosure includes: water; a polyester resin having sulfo groups; a colorant; and a high molecular weight dispersant having anionic groups, the colorant is contained in particles formed from a material containing the polyester resin, and a rate X1 [percent on molar basis] of the sulfo groups to all constituent monomers of the polyester resin is lower than a rate X2 [percent on molar basis] of the anionic groups to all constituent monomers of the high molecular weight dispersant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Koichi TERAO, Soichi YAMAZAKI, Nikako TSUKIJI, Harunobu KOMATSU, Koji HORIBA
  • Publication number: 20220204777
    Abstract: A method of producing a coloring material dispersion is a method of producing a coloring material dispersion that contains water and a coloring material, including a polymerization step of performing a polymerization reaction in a liquid phase that contains an organic solvent containing two or more hydroxyl and/or ether groups in a molecule, a hydrophobic monomer having an aromatic ring or a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester structure, and a hydrophilic monomer containing a carboxylic acid group or a sulfonic acid group to synthesize a dispersion resin. The dispersion resin has a weight-average molecular weight of 5,000 or greater and less than 100,000. A content of a constituent unit A corresponding to the hydrophobic monomer in all constituent monomers contained in the dispersion resin is 50 mol % or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Harunobu KOMATSU, Toshihiro OTAKE, Hiroshi ITO, Koji HORIBA
  • Patent number: 10968354
    Abstract: According to the invention, an electrophoretic dispersion liquid includes at least one type of an electrophoretic particle, and a dispersion medium, in which the content of transition metal of group 8 elements derived from a catalyst which is used to generate at least one of a block copolymer (a particle surface treatment agent) used to form the electrophoretic particle and the dispersion medium is in a range of greater than 0 ppm to equal to or less than 2 ppm in the electrophoretic dispersion liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Harunobu Komatsu, Masahiko Nakazawa, Kiyoshi Nakamura, Hiroki Nakahara
  • Patent number: 10969647
    Abstract: An electrophoretic particle includes a particle and a coating layer, in which the coating layer includes at least one of dispersibility and chargeability, and includes a polymer that connects to the particle, where the polymer includes a first functional group and is connected to the particle via a connected body, the connected body has a molecular weight of 500 or less and includes a second functional group and a third functional group, and the particle, the connected body and the polymer are connected via the chemical bond formed by reacting the first and second functional groups and the chemical bond formed by reacting the hydroxyl group and the third functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Kozo Shitagami, Kei Kamakura, Masahiko Nakazawa, Hiroki Nakahara, Harunobu Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20200347215
    Abstract: A resin composition for a laminated glass interlayer film or a solar cell encapsulant contains an ethylene-unsaturated ester copolymer (A) and a crosslinking agent (B). When the torque of the resin composition is measured over time at 130° C. using a moving die rheometer, the torque value 60 minutes after the start of measurement is defined as T100 [dN·m], the torque value of 10% of T100 is defined as T10, the torque value of 50% of T100 is defined as T50, the minimum torque value during measurement is defined as Tmin, the time to reach T10 from the start of measurement is defined as X [min], and the time to reach T50 from the start of measurement is defined as Y [min], the crosslinking rate represented by (T50?T10)/(Y?X) (where T50=(100?Tmin)×0.5+Tmin, T10=(T100?Tmin)×0.1+Tmin) exceeds 0.01 dN·m/min and 0.25 dN·m/min or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Kana FUKUYAMA, Norihiko SATO, Harunobu KOMATSU, Kei NAGAYAMA, Motoaki ISOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200277418
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition used for forming a laminated glass interlayer film or a solar cell encapsulant, the resin composition including an ionomer (A) of an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid-based copolymer, wherein metal ions constituting the ionomer (A) of the ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid-based copolymer includes two or more kinds of polyvalent metal ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Harunobu KOMATSU, Kei NAGAYAMA, Norihiko SATO, Kana FUKUYAMA, Motoaki ISOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190256662
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrophoretic particle is a method of manufacturing an electrophoretic particle including a particle and a particle surface treatment agent which is bonded to the particle, the method including preparing a mixture containing a plurality of the particles, the particle surface treatment agent, an unreacted product of a raw material used at the time of generating the particle surface treatment agent, and a reaction by-product generated at the time of generating the particle surface treatment agent, the mixture having a content of the particle surface treatment agent which is set to be equal to or greater than 70% by weight in the mixture except for the plurality of particles; and bonding the particle surface treatment agent to a surface of the particle in the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Harunobu KOMATSU, Hiroki NAKAHARA, Masahiko NAKAZAWA, Takashi HIRAIWA, Kozo SHITAGAMI
  • Patent number: 10323128
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrophoretic particle is a method of manufacturing an electrophoretic particle including a particle and a particle surface treatment agent which is bonded to the particle, the method including preparing a mixture containing a plurality of the particles, the particle surface treatment agent, an unreacted product of a raw material used at the time of generating the particle surface treatment agent, and a reaction by-product generated at the time of generating the particle surface treatment agent, the mixture having a content of the particle surface treatment agent which is set to be equal to or greater than 70% by weight in the mixture except for the plurality of particles; and bonding the particle surface treatment agent to a surface of the particle in the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Harunobu Komatsu, Hiroki Nakahara, Masahiko Nakazawa, Takashi Hiraiwa, Kozo Shitagami
  • Publication number: 20190062573
    Abstract: According to the invention, an electrophoretic dispersion liquid includes at least one type of an electrophoretic particle, and a dispersion medium, in which the content of transition metal of group 8 elements derived from a catalyst which is used to generate at least one of a block copolymer (a particle surface treatment agent) used to form the electrophoretic particle and the dispersion medium is in a range of greater than 0 ppm to equal to or less than 2 ppm in the electrophoretic dispersion liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Harunobu KOMATSU, Masahiko NAKAZAWA, Kiyoshi NAKAMURA, Hiroki NAKAHARA
  • Patent number: 10150877
    Abstract: According to the invention, an electrophoretic dispersion liquid includes at least one type of an electrophoretic particle, and a dispersion medium, in which the content of transition metal of group 8 elements derived from a catalyst which is used to generate at least one of a block copolymer (a particle surface treatment agent) used to form the electrophoretic particle and the dispersion medium is in a range of greater than 0 ppm to equal to or less than 2 ppm in the electrophoretic dispersion liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Harunobu Komatsu, Masahiko Nakazawa, Kiyoshi Nakamura, Hiroki Nakahara
  • Patent number: 9958753
    Abstract: An electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to the aspect of the invention contains at least one type of electrophoretic particles and a dispersion medium and, in the electrophoresis dispersion liquid, the content of the electrophoretic particles is 10 weight % or more to 30 weight % or less. Furthermore, the electrophoretic particles have base particles and a polymer (particle surface treatment agent) linked with the base particles and, in the electrophoretic particles, the content of the polymer is 5 weight % or more to 15 weight % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kozo Shitagami, Hiroki Nakahara, Harunobu Komatsu, Takashi Hiraiwa, Masahiko Nakazawa
  • Publication number: 20170235205
    Abstract: An electrophoresis dispersion liquid according to the aspect of the invention contains at least one type of electrophoretic particles and a dispersion medium and, in the electrophoresis dispersion liquid, the content of the electrophoretic particles is 10 weight % or more to 30 weight % or less. Furthermore, the electrophoretic particles have base particles and a polymer (particle surface treatment agent) linked with the base particles and, in the electrophoretic particles, the content of the polymer is 5 weight % or more to 15 weight % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kozo SHITAGAMI, Hiroki NAKAHARA, Harunobu KOMATSU, Takashi HIRAIWA, Masahiko NAKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170184939
    Abstract: An electrophoretic particle includes a base particle and a block copolymer (a particle surface treatment agent) which is bonded to the base particle (a particle), in which the block copolymer includes a dispersion portion derived from one first monomer formed of a siloxane-based compound, and a bonding portion derived from two or more second monomers having a functional group, and is bonded to the base particle with the reaction of the functional group in the bonding portion. In addition, a weight-average molecular weight of the dispersion portion is in a range of 15,000 to 150,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakazawa, Takashi Hiraiwa, Hiroki Nakahara, Harunobu Komatsu, Kozo Shitagami