Patents by Inventor Hiroki EIMURA

Hiroki EIMURA 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: 20240429493
    Abstract: A polymer ion conductive film has an ion migration resistance in the film at 25° C. of 100 ? or less, and a thickness of the film after each of immersion treatments under the following conditions 1 and 2 is 2.5 times or less a thickness of the film before the immersion treatment: (condition 1) immersion at 25° C. for 24 hours in a solution obtained by mixing ethylene carbonate (EC) and diethyl carbonate (DEC) at a volume ratio of 1/1; (condition 2) immersion at 25° C. for 24 hours in a 0.1 M aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yota Okuno, Ayako Shimazu, Kei Ikoma, Hiroki Eimura
  • Publication number: 20240189778
    Abstract: A separation membrane has high strength and low leakage property while maintaining high gas permeability using poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) excellent in chemical resistance and gas permeability. The separation membrane contains poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) as a main component, in which a ratio RA of a rigid amorphous of poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) in the separation membrane is 43% or more and 60% or less, a porosity is 30% or more and 70% or less, and a dense layer is provided on at least one surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Marina Taguchi, Masayuki Hanakawa, Gohei Yamamura, Koichi Takada, Hiroki Eimura, Shigeru Aoyama, Miku Akutsu
  • Patent number: 11794150
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a separation membrane including a thermoplastic polymer selected from a cellulose ester and a polyamide, in which, when regions obtained by dividing a cross-sectional surface perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the separation membrane into 5 at an equal interval are defined as regions 1 to 5, all the regions 1 to 5 have a number average pore diameter changing rate ?i of ?0.25 to 0.25, and at least one of the regions 1 to 5 is a region P that satisfies conditions (a) and (b): (a) a value of area average pore diameter Ds/number average pore diameter Dn is 2.50 to 6.00; and (b) a number average W of fine pores that are located at a distance smaller than La from a center of respective coarse pores is 10 to 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Eimura, Koichi Takada, Marina Otsuka, Masayuki Hanakawa
  • Publication number: 20230053706
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a separation membrane including a thermoplastic polymer selected from a cellulose ester and a polyamide, in which, when regions obtained by dividing a cross-sectional surface perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the separation membrane into 5 at an equal interval are defined as regions 1 to 5, all the regions 1 to 5 have a number average pore diameter changing rate a of ?0.25 to 0.25, and at least one of the regions 1 to 5 is a region P that satisfies conditions (a) and (b): (a) a value of area average pore diameter Ds/number average pore diameter Dn is 2.50 to 6.00; and (b) a number average W of fine pores that are located at a distance smaller than La from a center of respective coarse pores is 10 to 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Eimura, Koichi Takada, Marina Otsuka, Masayuki Hanakawa
  • Patent number: 11446611
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a separating membrane mainly comprising a thermoplastic resin having high permeability. The present invention relates to a separating membrane including a thermoplastic resin, wherein the width of voids in the separating membrane is at least equal to 1 nm and at most equal to 1000 nm, and the curvature rate of the voids is at least equal to 1.0 and at most equal to 6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Koichi Takada, Gohei Yamamura, Hiroki Eimura
  • Patent number: 11369925
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a composite hollow-fiber membrane having high permeability and high membrane strength; and a production method therefor. The present invention pertains to a composite hollow-fiber membrane that at least has a layer (A) and a layer (B), wherein the layer (A) contains a thermoplastic resin, the layer (A) is provided with a co-continuous structure comprising voids and a phase containing the thermoplastic resin, the co-continuous structure has a structural cycle of 1-1000 nm, and the hole area rate HA of the layer (A) and the hole area rate HB of the layer (B) fulfill the relation: HA<HB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Koichi Takada, Gohei Yamamura, Hiroki Eimura
  • Patent number: 11103835
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a separation film that consists primarily of a cellulose ester and has a high membrane strength and a high elongation degree; and a production method therefor. Provided is a separation film which has a structure comprising a cellulose ester phase and pores, wherein the average pore diameter R is 0.001-6 ?m, the value obtained from the expression: breaking strength (MPa)÷(100?porosity (%))×100 is 40 or greater, and the elongation degree is 10% or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Eimura, Gohei Yamamura, Koichi Takada
  • Publication number: 20200061545
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a composite hollow-fiber membrane having high permeability and high membrane strength; and a production method therefor. The present invention pertains to a composite hollow-fiber membrane that at least has a layer (A) and a layer (B), wherein the layer (A) contains a thermoplastic resin, the layer (A) is provided with a co-continuous structure comprising voids and a phase containing the thermoplastic resin, the co-continuous structure has a structural cycle of 1-1000 nm, and the hole area rate HA of the layer (A) and the hole area rate HB of the layer (B) fulfill the relation: HA<HB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Koichi TAKADA, Gohei YAMAMURA, Hiroki EIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200038814
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a separating membrane mainly comprising a thermoplastic resin having high permeability. The present invention relates to a separating membrane including a thermoplastic resin, wherein the width of voids in the separating membrane is at least equal to 1 nm and at most equal to 1000 nm, and the curvature rate of the voids is at least equal to 1.0 and at most equal to 6.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Koichi TAKADA, Gohei YAMAMURA, Hiroki EIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200023321
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a separation film that consists primarily of a cellulose ester and has a high membrane strength and a high elongation degree; and a production method therefor. Provided is a separation film which has a structure comprising a cellulose ester phase and pores, wherein the average pore diameter R is 0.001-6 ?m, the value obtained from the expression: breaking strength (MPa)÷(100?porosity (%))×100 is 40 or greater, and the elongation degree is 10% or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki EIMURA, Gohei YAMAMURA, Koichi TAKADA