Patents by Inventor Hidekazu Hara

Hidekazu Hara 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: 20200190306
    Abstract: A cellulose-fiber-dispersing polyolefin resin composite material, containing a polyolefin resin containing a polypropylene resin, and a cellulose fiber dispersed in the polyolefin resin, in which a proportion of the cellulose fiber is 1 mass part or more and 70 mass parts or less in a total content of 100 mass parts of the polyolefin resin and the cellulose fiber, and the water absorption ratio satisfies the following Formula: (Water absorption ratio [%])<(Cellulose effective mass ratio [%])2×0.01; a pellet and a formed body using this composite material; and a production method for this composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu HARA, Jirou HIROISHI, Yuka SAWADA, Masami TAZUKE, Toshihiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200190299
    Abstract: A cellulose-fiber-dispersing polyolefin resin composite material, containing a polyolefin resin and a cellulose fiber dispersed in the polyolefin resin, in which the composite material contains the cellulose fiber of 3 mass % or more and less than 70 mass %, and when the composite material is subjected to the abrasion test according to ISO 6722 under the following test conditions, the amount of abrasion after 5,000 reciprocations satisfies the [Formula 1]: (Amount of abrasion [mm] of the cellulose-fiber-dispersing polyolefin resin composite material)<?0.003×(Cellulose effective mass ratio of the cellulose-fiber-dispersing polyolefin resin composite material)+0.3, [Test Conditions for Abrasion Test] Load: 1.7 kg, Needle diameter: ?0.45 mm, Stroke length: 10 mm, Period: 60 reciprocations/min, Test piece: length 38 mm×width 6 mm×thickness 1 mm, Temperature: 23° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jirou HIROISHI, Hidekazu HARA, Yuka SAWADA, Masami TAZUKE, Toshihiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200190305
    Abstract: A cellulose-fiber-dispersing polyolefin resin composite material, containing a polyolefin resin containing a polypropylene resin, and a cellulose fiber dispersed in the polyolefin resin, in which a proportion of the cellulose fiber is 1 mass part or more and 70 mass parts or less in a total content of 100 mass parts of the polyolefin resin and the cellulose fiber, and the polyolefin resin satisfies the expression: Mz/Mw?4, which is a ratio of Z-average molecular weight Mz to weight-average molecular weight Mw to be obtained by a gel permeation chromatography measurement; a pellet or a formed body using this composite material; and a production method for the composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka SAWADA, Hidekazu HARA, Jirou HIROISHI, Masami TAZUKE, Toshihiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200172684
    Abstract: A cellulose fiber dispersion polyethylene resin composite material formed by dispersing a cellulose fiber into a polyethylene resin, in which a proportion of the above-described cellulose fiber is 1 part by mass or more and 70 parts by mass or less in a total content of 100 parts by mass of the polyethylene resin and the cellulose fiber, and the polyethylene resin satisfies a relationship: 1.7>half-width (Log(MH/ML))>1.0 in a molecular weight pattern obtained by gel permeation chromatography measurement, and a formed body and a pellet using the same, a production method therefor, and a recycling method for the cellulose fiber adhesion polyethylene thin film piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jirou HIROISHI, Hidekazu HARA, Yuka SAWADA, Masami TAZUKE, Toshihiro SUZUKI, Shingo MITSUGI
  • Publication number: 20200079920
    Abstract: A cellulose-aluminum dispersion polyethylene resin composite material, formed by dispersing a cellulose fiber and aluminum into a polyethylene resin, in which the polyethylene resin satisfies a relationship: 1.7>half-width (Log(MH/ML))>1.0 in a molecular weight pattern to be obtained by gel permeation chromatography measurement, a pellet and a formed body using the composite material, and a production method therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka SAWADA, Hidekazu HARA, Jirou HIROISHI, Masami TAZUKE, Toshihiro SUZUKI, Shingo MITSUGI
  • Publication number: 20200062921
    Abstract: A cellulose-aluminum-dispersing polyethylene resin composite material, in which a cellulose fiber and aluminum are dispersed into a polyethylene resin, wherein a proportion of the cellulose fiber is 1 part by mass or more and 70 parts by mass or less in a total content of 100 parts by mass of the polyethylene resin, and the cellulose fiber, and wherein water absorption ratio of the composite material satisfies the following formula: (Water absorption ratio)<(cellulose effective mass ratio)2×0.01; ??[Formula]: a pellet and a formed body using the composite material, and a method of producing these.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu HARA, Yuka SAWADA, Jirou HIROISHI, Masami TAZUKE, Toshihiro SUZUKI, Shingo MITSUGI
  • Publication number: 20180346700
    Abstract: A production method comprising: (a) a step of melt-mixing a base resin containing a chlorinated polyethylene; an organic peroxide, an inorganic filler, and a silane coupling agent, in specific ratios, at a temperature equal to or higher than a decomposition temperature of the organic peroxide, to prepare a silane master batch; (b) a step of mixing the silane master batch obtained in the step (a) with a silanol condensation catalyst, and then forming the resultant mixture; and conducting at least one of the melt-mixing in the step (a) and the mixing in the step (b) is performed in the coexistence of a chloroprene rubber or a polyvinyl chloride; a heat-resistant chlorine-containing crosslinked resin formed body produced by the method, a silane master batch, a mixture and formed body thereof, and a heat-resistant product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Nishiguchi, Arifumi Matsumura, Hidekazu Hara
  • Publication number: 20180346702
    Abstract: A method that has a step (a) of melt-kneading 0.003 to 0.3 part by mass of an organic peroxide, 0.5 to 400 parts by mass of an inorganic filler, and more than 2 parts by mass and 15.0 parts by mass or less of a silane coupling agent, with respect to 100 parts by mass of a resin containing a halogen-containing resin, at a temperature equal to or higher than a decomposition temperature of the organic peroxide, to prepare a silane master batch; a heat-resistant crosslinked resin formed body obtained by the method, a silane master batch, a mixture and a formed body thereof, and a heat-resistant product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki NISHIGUCHI, Hidekazu HARA, Arifumi MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20180346664
    Abstract: A method for producing a heat-resistant crosslinked fluorocarbon rubber formed body, comprising: (a) a step of melt-kneading 0.003 to 0.5 part by mass of an organic peroxide, 0.5 to 400 parts by mass of an inorganic filler, and more than 2.0 parts by mass and 15.0 parts by mass or less of a silane coupling agent, with respect to 100 parts by mass of a base rubber containing a fluorocarbon rubber, at a temperature equal to or higher than a decomposition temperature of the organic peroxide, to prepare a silane master batch; a heat-resistant crosslinked fluorocarbon rubber formed body obtained by the method, a silane master batch, a mixture and a formed body thereof, and a heat-resistant product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki NISHIGUCHI, Arifumi MATSUMURA, Hidekazu HARA
  • Publication number: 20180251610
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composite material comprising, a fiber bundle having a polypropylene emulsion impregnated therein and having a plurality of reinforcing fibers lined up in a predetermined direction, and satisfies the following conditions (1) to (4); and a formed body: (1) A void content of the thermoplastic composite material is 3% or less, (2) A fiber volume fraction of the thermoplastic composite material is 40% or more and 70% or less, (3) A bending strength of a laminated body, in which a plurality of layers of the thermoplastic composite material has been laminated so that the reinforcing fibers would be lined up in one direction, when bent in the fiber-axis direction and measured in conformity to JIS K7074, is 250 MPa or more, and a bending elastic modulus of the laminated body is 90 GPa or more, and (4) A variation coefficient of the bending strength, when measured at N=5 or more and calculated in conformity to JIS K7074, is within 7%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoko YOSHIZAKI, Makiko NAKANO, Takayori ITO, Yukihiro IKURA, Takahiro IIDA, Yasumasa MORISHIMA, Hidekazu HARA
  • Patent number: 9741498
    Abstract: Provided are a current collector which has an excellent high-rate property and exerts a sufficient safety function when employed in a secondary battery or a capacitor, as well as an electrode, a secondary battery or a capacitor in which said current collector is employed. According to the invention, a current collector is provided which comprises: metal foil; and a conductive layer with a film thickness of 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m formed on a surface of said metal foil. Here, said conductive layer includes a conductive material and a binder material. A melting point of said binder material is 80° C. to 150° C. Further, said binder material shows, in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in a range from room temperature to 200° C., one or more endothermic peaks in the heating-up process. In a case where said binder material shows two or more endothermic peaks, each difference between said peaks is 15° C. or more. Moreover, said binder material shows one or more exothermic peaks in the cooling-down process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., UACJ FOIL Corporation, UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Iida, Yasumasa Morishima, Takayori Ito, Hidekazu Hara, Tsugio Kataoka, Mitsuya Inoue, Satoshi Yamabe, Osamu Kato, Yukiou Honkawa, Sohei Saito, Tatsuhiro Yaegashi
  • Publication number: 20160322641
    Abstract: A current collector having high safety, the current collector being capable of stably maintaining the PTC function even when the temperature further increases after realizing the PTC function when used for the electrode structure of electrical storage devices such as non-aqueous electrolyte batteries, electrical double layer capacitors, and lithium ion capacitors; electrode structures; electrical storage devices; and composition for current collectors, is provided. A current collector 100 including a conductive substrate 103 and a resin layer 105 provided onto at least one side of the conductive substrate 103, is provided. Here, the resin layer 105 is obtained by coating a paste onto the conductive substrate 103, followed by cross-linking. The paste includes polyolefin-based emulsion particles 125, a conductive material 121, and a cross-linker 131.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicants: UACJ CORPORATION, UACJ FOIL CORPORATION, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sohei Saito, Osamu Kato, Yukiou Honkawa, Tatsuhiro Yaegashi, Tsugio Kataoka, Mitsuya Inoue, Satoshi Yamabe, Yasumasa Morishima, Takayori Ito, Hidekazu Hara, Takahiro Iida
  • Publication number: 20160042878
    Abstract: A current collector with high safety which can realize both of a superior conductivity at normal temperature conditions and a superior shut down function at high temperature conditions, is provided. A current collector, including a conductive substrate; and a resin layer provided on at least one side of the conductive substrate, is provided. Here, the resin layer is formed with a paste containing an aggregate of polyolefin-based emulsion particles; and a conductive material. Further, the aggregate has an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicants: UACJ CORPORATION, UACJ FOIL CORPORATION, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kato, Sohei Saito, Yukiou Honkawa, Tatsuhiro Yaegashi, Tsugio Kataoka, Mitsuya Inoue, Satoshi Yamabe, Yasumasa Morishima, Takayori Ito, Hidekazu Hara, Takahiro Iida
  • Publication number: 20150311001
    Abstract: A current collector which can achieve both of the improvement in battery characteristics by reducing the initial (at ambient temperature) interface resistance and the improvement in safety by the PTC function, when the current collector is used for the electrode structure of electrical storage devices such as non-aqueous electrolyte batteries, electrical double layer capacitors, and lithium ion capacitors; electrode structures; electrical storage devices; and composition for current collectors; are provided. A current collector, including: a conductive substrate 103; and a resin layer 105 provided on at least one side of the conductive substrate 103; is provided. Here, the resin layer is formed by coating a paste including: polyolefin-based emulsion particles 125; and a conductive material 121; onto the conductive substrate 103. The coating weight of the paste is 0.1 to 20 g/m2; and the porosity of the resin layer 105 is 10% (v/v) or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicants: UACJ Corporation, UACJ Foil Corporation, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Kato, Sohei Saito, Yukiou Honkawa, Tatsuhiro Yaegashi, Tsugio Kataoka, Mitsuya Inoue, Satoshi Yamabe, Yasumasa Morishima, Takayori Ito, Hidekazu Hara, Takahiro Iida
  • Publication number: 20150303484
    Abstract: A current collector which can realize sufficient safety function even when the cell is deformed by external force or when the internal pressure is increased; and an electrode, a secondary battery, and a capacitor using the current collector; are provided. A current collector, including: a metal foil; and a conductive layer formed on a surface of the metal foil; is provided. Here, regarding the current collector, a temperature-resistance curve of the current collector obtained by sandwiching the current collector in between brass electrodes of 1 cm diameter, the measurement of resistance being performed with conditions of 15N of load between the electrodes and temperature being raised from ambient temperature at a rate of 10° C./min satisfies a relation of R(Ta+5)/R(Ta?5)?1, R(Ta+5) being resistance at temperature Ta+5° C. and R(Ta?5) being resistance at temperature Ta?5° C., Ta being a temperature higher than a temperature satisfying a relation of (R(T)/R(T?5))>2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., UACJ FOIL CORPORATION, UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Iida, Yasumasa Morishima, Takayori Ito, Hidekazu Hara, Tsugio Kataoka, Satoshi Yamabe, Mitsuya Inoue, Osamu Kato, Sohei Saito, Yukiou Honkawa, Tatsuhiro Yaegashi
  • Publication number: 20150294802
    Abstract: Provided is a current collector which has a PTC layer having room for thermal expansion at elevated temperature while securing sufficient conductivity at normal temperature. According to the invention, a current collector comprising a conductive base material, and a resin layer formed on at least one surface of the conductive base material is provided. The resin layer contains an organic resin and conductive particles. A deposition amount of the resin layer on the conductive base material is 0.5 to 20 g/m2. Rz (ten point average roughness) of the surface of the resin layer is 0.4 to 10 ?m. Sm (average spacing of ruggedness) of the surface of the resin layer is 5 to 200 ?m. An average of resistance of the resin layer measured by the two-terminal method is 0.5 to 50 ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicants: Furukawa Electric., Ltd., UACJ Foil Corporation, UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Kato, Yasumasa Morishima, Takayori Ito, Hidekazu Hara, Takahiro Iida, Tsugio Kataoka, Mitsuya Inoue, Satoshi Yamabe, Yukiou Honkawa, Sohei Saito, Tatsuhiro Yaegashi
  • Publication number: 20150280241
    Abstract: The present invention provides a current collector having a conductive layer which is excellent in adhesion strength and can exhibit a PTC function for stably contributing to safety, when used for an electrode structure for non-aqueous electrolyte batteries or for electrical storage devices. A current collector, including a metal foil and a conductive layer formed on at least one side of the metal foil, the conductive layer being formed partially or entirely on the surface of the metal foil; is provided. Here, the conductive layer contains core shell particles including core particles 114 having insulating crystalline polymer as a main component, and a shell layer 116 having conductivity, the shell layer 116 being formed on the surface of the core particles 114.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicants: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., UACJ Corporation, UACJ Foil Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hara, Takahiro Iida, Yasumasa Morishima, Takayori Ito, Sohei Saito, Osamu Kato, Yukiou Honkawa, Tatsuhiro Yaegashi, Tsugio Kataoka, Mitsuya Inoue, Satoshi Yamabe
  • Publication number: 20150221452
    Abstract: Provided are a current collector which has an excellent high-rate property and exerts a sufficient safety function when employed in a secondary battery or a capacitor, as well as an electrode, a secondary battery or a capacitor in which said current collector is employed. According to the invention, a current collector is provided which comprises: metal foil; and a conductive layer with a film thickness of 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m formed on a surface of said metal foil. Here, said conductive layer includes a conductive material and a binder material. A melting point of said binder material is 80° C. to 150° C. Further, said binder material shows, in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in a range from room temperature to 200° C., one or more endothermic peaks in the heating-up process. In a case where said binder material shows two or more endothermic peaks, each difference between said peaks is 15° C. or more. Moreover, said binder material shows one or more exothermic peaks in the cooling-down process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicants: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., UACJ FOIL Corporation, UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Iida, Yasumasa Morishima, Takayori Ito, Hidekazu Hara, Tsugio Kataoka, Mitsuya Inoue, Satoshi Yamabe, Osamu Kato, Yukiou Honkawa, Sohei Saito, Tatsuhiro Yaegashi
  • Publication number: 20150221449
    Abstract: Provided is a current collector which can secure safety by certainly exhibiting the PTC function when used for an electrode structure of an electrical storage device such as non-aqueous electrolyte batteries, electrical double layer capacitors, lithium ion capacitors, and the like. Here, the current collector shall also be capable of being used for high-speed charge/discharge, having long life, being high in safety, and having excellent productivity. According to the present invention, a current collector 1 including a substrate 3, and a resin layer 5 formed on at least one side of the substrate 3, the resin layer 5 having conductivity, is provided. The current collector 1 satisfies the following conditions of: (1) a degree of swelling of the resin layer 5 with a non-aqueous electrolyte solution is 1% or more and 1000% or less at a PTC realization temperature, and (2) the PTC realization temperature is in the range from 65° C. to 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicants: UACJ Corporation, UACJ Foil Corporation, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sohei Saito, Osamu Kato, Yukiou Honkawa, Tatsuhiro Yaegashi, Tsugio Kataoka, Mitsuya Inoue, Satoshi Yamabe, Yasumasa Morishima, Takayori Ito, Hidekazu Hara, Takahiro Iida
  • Publication number: 20150214551
    Abstract: The present invention provides a current collector foil; and an electrode structure, lithium secondary battery or an electrical double layer capacitor using the current collector foil, which can achieve superior high rate characteristics. Provided is a current collector foil for forming thereon an active material layer containing active material particles, wherein: the current collector foil is provided with a roughened portion; a cross sectional curve of the roughened portion has a box counting dimension of 1.1 or higher; and an average length of waviness motif AW of the cross-sectional curve of the roughened portion is longer than twice of D10, D10 being a particle diameter of the active material particle in particle size cumulative distribution, the active material particle being used for the active material layer formed on the current collector foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicants: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., UACJ Foil Corporation, UACJ Corporation
    Inventors: Takayori Ito, Yasumasa Morishima, Hidekazu Hara, Takahiro Iida, Tsugio Kataoka, Mitsuya Inoue, Satoshi Yamabe, Osamu Kato, Yukiou Honkawa, Sohei Saito, Tatsuhiro Yaegashi